Hey everyone! I'm just stopping by to say that this video isn't exhaustive (of course), as this is my first attempt at learning color theory too. I know I might not have covered everything in detail, but I was running on information overload while making this video, so I tried to explain most of the things I understood and remembered in that moment. Additionally, I would like to mention a few points that I feel were unintentionally left out. So here they go: The tertiary colors I got between red and blue in my RYB color wheel were probably because I used the primary colors with different temperature biases. The red I used was warm, and the blue was cool, so the result was kind of brownish, almost burgundy, instead of purple. In contrast, with the CMY color wheel, I was able to create a more vibrant purple because both magenta (the red equivalent) and phthalo blue (the cyan equivalent) are cool colors. It's also interesting to note that both color wheels produce different results in their color mixing, and neither can completely replace the other. The traditional RYB wheel is best for mixing beautiful warm shades like orange, red-orange, and yellow-orange, whereas the CMY palette remains limited in its abilities due to the lack of yellow undertones in its non-yellow primaries. The CMY palette tends to create muted versions of the brighter warm colors of the RYB palette. When it comes to mixing gorgeous cool and warm purples, however, the CMY palette wins because both of its non-yellow primaries are cool colors. The CMY palette is often considered slightly superior to the RYB palette in many cases, mainly because of its ability to produce the traditional primaries. For example, if magenta and yellow are mixed, it's possible to get red, which, by definition, is a primary color and can't be produced by mixing other colors. But with the CMY palette, artists can achieve that. Similarly, a warm blue (traditional blue) can be created by mixing yellow and cyan, which is also a primary color. So there are certain things the CMY palette can achieve that the traditional RYB palette can't, which is why CMY is often considered the true primary palette for color mixing. However, in reality, there are no pigments that perfectly represent magenta and cyan, so calling them the absolute true primaries might not be entirely accurate. But for color mixing purposes, there are certain standard pigments considered the closest representations of these colors, such as quinacridone magenta or permanent rose, phthalo blue, hansa yellow, or cadmium yellow light. That said, the RYB palette is still an important part of color theory, as it has been used for a very long time in paint mixing. The RYB palette helps in understanding color relationships better, while the CMY palette excels at creating more precise shades. As an artist, you can choose whichever suits your project and preference. There’s no right or wrong; it’s all about exploration and experimentation. You can get the best of both worlds by using an extended palette, including all six of these primary colors, plus black and white, to create whatever color you want. Who’s going to stop you? 😅😊
That was very interesting and informative!! 👍 Great job on tackling one of your goals for the year right away!! 👏👏 You did an excellent job presenting your findings!! 🤗 Teaching a subject can really help a person learn a subject better! 😍 I believe the red you used had some yellow in it(at least from my ability to see it through my phone, which of course, means the video, my phone and my eye affect the perception...). It looks almost orange to me on your RYB color wheel. I believe that is why you got brown instead of purple. Reds are very tricky and often tend to lean towards the yellow side a bit. Getting a true red in art supplies is really hard!! 🤪 When you go with the pink magenta version, supply makers tend to eliminate the yellow tone from their mixes. That helps the other wheel work better. I don't know why that is unless somehow the basic pigments and dyes have that problem already?? I find getting anything in what I perceive as "Christmas" or true red difficult even in clothing!! 🤦♀️ Orange doesn't go well with my skin tone, lol!! 😂 I often have to lean toward bluish reds like burgundy and fushia to avoid looking ill! 😉😅
Thanks for sharing your insightful observations! And I have to admit, I actually look forward to reading your comments on my videos. They motivate me so much. ❤️ I'm glad I took your suggestion and shared my learning process with everyone. I agree, you get the concepts better when you reproduce it after learning it yourself. Also, it just makes the learning experience so much more interesting. 😁 Yes, the red pigment (Scarlet lake) I used in the RYB wheel had a slight warm bias and I feel that it was picked up even warmer, almost orangey by my phone's camera under that lighting I used during the filming process. Aso, when I checked out the reference images of color wheels, I noticed most of the primary reds looked like warm reds (at least that’s how I saw them). So, I went with a pigment that seemed to match that warm red, since it felt like it fit the usual look of primary red. And I know right! It's so difficult to find a true red that's really red but not orange red or brown red. Albeit interestingly, there is a version of red, called the cool red, that can be mixed with the CMY palette (M+Y)+M). So a traditional"true red" might not be a real primary color after all. Hmm 🤔... I also feel, a similar problem exists with blue pigments. While blue is typically seen as a cool color, a warm blue exists too. The interesting part is that when warm blue is mixed with other colors, it creates totally different results compared to cool blues. And like you said, the CMY palette does help create better purples and cool colors, because the yellow undertones are eliminated from magenta, but it produces duller warm colors,. Here, the RYB wheel takes the lead for producing more vibrant warm colors. Both color systems have their own benefits and knowing how both sets of primaries mix, we get more flexibility in creating the colors we need. Mixing dyes and pigments can give completely different results if they have a certain undertone. From what I've read, many natural pigments have yellow or earthy undertones and now, since most of these pigments/dyes are synthetic, makers are trying to eliminate these color biases. I can totally relate to your search for a true red. Finding a color that suits our undertone is harder than we think lol 😆 With me, it happens with whites. An ultra bright (non-muted) white makes me look like a sheet ghost. That's one of the reasons, I too never buy white clothes. 🤣
@InkedMischief I'm glad I can help motivate you!! 😍 We all need the encouragement!! 🥰 Thank you for sharing the additional things that you learned about dyes and pigments!! 🤗 It is good to know! 👍 I love color, lol!! 👌 It makes the world so much more interesting!💞
Awww that's really sweet of you ❤️ Oh my goodness! Artists would never exist, neither would colors, if the human vision didn't detect the visible spectrum! Colors are a gift to us ! 😍
Hey everyone!
I'm just stopping by to say that this video isn't exhaustive (of course), as this is my first attempt at learning color theory too. I know I might not have covered everything in detail, but I was running on information overload while making this video, so I tried to explain most of the things I understood and remembered in that moment.
Additionally, I would like to mention a few points that I feel were unintentionally left out. So here they go:
The tertiary colors I got between red and blue in my RYB color wheel were probably because I used the primary colors with different temperature biases. The red I used was warm, and the blue was cool, so the result was kind of brownish, almost burgundy, instead of purple.
In contrast, with the CMY color wheel, I was able to create a more vibrant purple because both magenta (the red equivalent) and phthalo blue (the cyan equivalent) are cool colors.
It's also interesting to note that both color wheels produce different results in their color mixing, and neither can completely replace the other. The traditional RYB wheel is best for mixing beautiful warm shades like orange, red-orange, and yellow-orange, whereas the CMY palette remains limited in its abilities due to the lack of yellow undertones in its non-yellow primaries. The CMY palette tends to create muted versions of the brighter warm colors of the RYB palette.
When it comes to mixing gorgeous cool and warm purples, however, the CMY palette wins because both of its non-yellow primaries are cool colors. The CMY palette is often considered slightly superior to the RYB palette in many cases, mainly because of its ability to produce the traditional primaries. For example, if magenta and yellow are mixed, it's possible to get red, which, by definition, is a primary color and can't be produced by mixing other colors. But with the CMY palette, artists can achieve that. Similarly, a warm blue (traditional blue) can be created by mixing yellow and cyan, which is also a primary color. So there are certain things the CMY palette can achieve that the traditional RYB palette can't, which is why CMY is often considered the true primary palette for color mixing.
However, in reality, there are no pigments that perfectly represent magenta and cyan, so calling them the absolute true primaries might not be entirely accurate. But for color mixing purposes, there are certain standard pigments considered the closest representations of these colors, such as quinacridone magenta or permanent rose, phthalo blue, hansa yellow, or cadmium yellow light.
That said, the RYB palette is still an important part of color theory, as it has been used for a very long time in paint mixing.
The RYB palette helps in understanding color relationships better, while the CMY palette excels at creating more precise shades. As an artist, you can choose whichever suits your project and preference. There’s no right or wrong; it’s all about exploration and experimentation. You can get the best of both worlds by using an extended palette, including all six of these primary colors, plus black and white, to create whatever color you want. Who’s going to stop you? 😅😊
That was very interesting and informative!! 👍 Great job on tackling one of your goals for the year right away!! 👏👏 You did an excellent job presenting your findings!! 🤗 Teaching a subject can really help a person learn a subject better! 😍 I believe the red you used had some yellow in it(at least from my ability to see it through my phone, which of course, means the video, my phone and my eye affect the perception...). It looks almost orange to me on your RYB color wheel. I believe that is why you got brown instead of purple. Reds are very tricky and often tend to lean towards the yellow side a bit. Getting a true red in art supplies is really hard!! 🤪 When you go with the pink magenta version, supply makers tend to eliminate the yellow tone from their mixes. That helps the other wheel work better. I don't know why that is unless somehow the basic pigments and dyes have that problem already?? I find getting anything in what I perceive as "Christmas" or true red difficult even in clothing!! 🤦♀️ Orange doesn't go well with my skin tone, lol!! 😂 I often have to lean toward bluish reds like burgundy and fushia to avoid looking ill! 😉😅
Thanks for sharing your insightful observations! And I have to admit, I actually look forward to reading your comments on my videos. They motivate me so much. ❤️
I'm glad I took your suggestion and shared my learning process with everyone. I agree, you get the concepts better when you reproduce it after learning it yourself. Also, it just makes the learning experience so much more interesting. 😁
Yes, the red pigment (Scarlet lake) I used in the RYB wheel had a slight warm bias and I feel that it was picked up even warmer, almost orangey by my phone's camera under that lighting I used during the filming process.
Aso, when I checked out the reference images of color wheels, I noticed most of the primary reds looked like warm reds (at least that’s how I saw them). So, I went with a pigment that seemed to match that warm red, since it felt like it fit the usual look of primary red.
And I know right! It's so difficult to find a true red that's really red but not orange red or brown red. Albeit interestingly, there is a version of red, called the cool red, that can be mixed with the CMY palette (M+Y)+M). So a traditional"true red" might not be a real primary color after all. Hmm 🤔...
I also feel, a similar problem exists with blue pigments. While blue is typically seen as a cool color, a warm blue exists too. The interesting part is that when warm blue is mixed with other colors, it creates totally different results compared to cool blues.
And like you said, the CMY palette does help create better purples and cool colors, because the yellow undertones are eliminated from magenta, but it produces duller warm colors,. Here, the RYB wheel takes the lead for producing more vibrant warm colors. Both color systems have their own benefits and knowing how both sets of primaries mix, we get more flexibility in creating the colors we need.
Mixing dyes and pigments can give completely different results if they have a certain undertone. From what I've read, many natural pigments have yellow or earthy undertones and now, since most of these pigments/dyes are synthetic, makers are trying to eliminate these color biases.
I can totally relate to your search for a true red. Finding a color that suits our undertone is harder than we think lol 😆 With me, it happens with whites. An ultra bright (non-muted) white makes me look like a sheet ghost. That's one of the reasons, I too never buy white clothes. 🤣
@InkedMischief I'm glad I can help motivate you!! 😍 We all need the encouragement!! 🥰 Thank you for sharing the additional things that you learned about dyes and pigments!! 🤗 It is good to know! 👍 I love color, lol!! 👌 It makes the world so much more interesting!💞
Awww that's really sweet of you ❤️
Oh my goodness! Artists would never exist, neither would colors, if the human vision didn't detect the visible spectrum! Colors are a gift to us ! 😍