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RE: RYB vs CYMK color model for traditional art

in #art7 years ago

Thanks @jnart! Yup, me too. I'm still learning everyday!

I just discovered this cool community last night. ;) Thank you for the link though.. (to any curious artists who may read this - it's a great art community filled with steemians. ;))

Uhm, for oil, I use pv19 - permament rose, cadmium lemon, and phthalo blue (green-shade). Although for oil, they sell more magenta version you may want to try, but I just prefer rose. It's the beauty of CMYK wheel, it's somewhat flexible. In gouaches, I use Primary red, primary yellow, and primary blue (weird names for CMY). I'm afraid I can't answer on watercolors. It's a gift from my now deceased grandma, she was an artist - its booklet with pigment info is all blackened from the use. My best guess is phthalo blue (it behaves similarly?) and cadmium lemon - but I have no idea about that red I've used. It is on the cool side of red though.

Okay, I'll start with blues since I actually collected them the most. I was pretty obsessed to find that perfect blue and became interested in every pigment's unique characteristics. 😆 It might be a while before I can complete it though. I had to put oil paints away for a time being. Please bear with me. <3

Cheers!
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Take your time and be sure to inform me when it is done! And thanks for your cmyk choices! I might do a similar one about watercolor colour wheel in the future. ...and great that you found the forum. I haven't so much time to be active there but there are lots of great artists. Cheers!

Aye, I will @jnart :) Yeah, the point is to experiment and get a feeling of how it works, depending on your personal taste. I was just showing the best way to achieve the highest chroma with limited colors - it doesn't mean it'll work for everyone. Some artists work with Zorn palette which is even more limited than RYB wheel. So who knows. :)

Cheers! :)