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How to Draw Color

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The Theory and Practice of Color

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The Theory of Color,Dr. Wilhelm von Berzold

Pairs and Triads.
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The Theory of Color,Dr. Wilhelm von Berzold
Example of the interaction of color as it appears in the eye. In the first image the two red disks appear the same. In the second the top disk appears darker. The last image is of the actual disks without the similar or complimentary overlays.


Water Color, International Library of Technology

When two or more complimentary colors are mixed gray tones result.
a. Crimson, new blue and yellow ochre.
b. Orange and green.
c. Burnt sienna and blue.
d. Gamoge, new blue and crimson.
e. New blue and orange.
f. Burnt sienna and new blue.
g. Gamboge, new blue and crimson.
h. Crimson and green.
i. Vandyke brown and green.

International Library of Technology, Pen & Ink, Water Color Rendering, Drawing From Nature, Cast and the Figure (International Library of Technology) Buy a copy at Amazon.com.

Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition

Watercolor Artist's Guide to Exceptional Color

Color Mixing Bible: All You'll Ever Need to Know about Mixing Pigments in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Soft Pastel, Pencil, and Ink

Watercolor Painting Techniques

The Big Book of Watercolor Painting: The History, the Studio, the Materials the Techniques, the Subjects, the Theory and the Practice of Watercolor

Getting Started in Watercolor

Figure Painting In Watercolor

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