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Old 01-11-2003, 11:54 AM   #15
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A little riddle for you all as a way of explaining how color theory helps an artist:

Go to your studio and mix a:

Value-6
Hue-Yellow Red
Chroma-Medium(8)

What color have you mixed?

I did my color wheel as one of my beginning exercises as an artist. It really helps you to understand and classify color. With a good systme like Munsell, you can mix any color with just three notations - like the notations I give above.

No fair if you have read on the other forum and already know what color this is.
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