Blue and yellow don't make green

Michael Wilcox, 1942-

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Published
Bristol, England : Cincinnati, Ohio : School of Color Publications ; distributed to the trade and art markets in the USA by F&W Publications 2001.
Language
English
Main Author
Michael Wilcox, 1942- (-)
Edition
Rev. ed
Item Description
"How to mix the color you really want--every time"--Cover.
"Fully updated, packed with new information, 80 extra pages - new layout & color swatches"-- Cover.
Physical Description
200 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm
ISBN
9780967962870
  • Our current approach to color mixing
  • The nature of color
  • Inside the paint film
  • Mixing the three 'primaries'
  • Mixing just two 'primaries'
  • Pure reds, yellows and blues do not exist
  • The Color Bias Wheel
  • The surviving light
  • The Color Coded Mixing Palette
  • Moving on
  • Grayed violets
  • Mid intensity violets
  • Bright violets
  • Why add the red?
  • Summary-violets
  • Completing the exercises
  • Exploring the range of grayed violets (ex 1)
  • Exploring the range of mid-intensity violets (ex 2and3)
  • Exploring the range of bright violets (ex 4)
  • Creating a variety of greens
  • Creating a series of grayed greens (ex 5)
  • Creating a series of mid-intensity greens (ex 6and7)
  • Creating a series of bright greens (ex 8
  • Finding a little extra green (ex 9)
  • Mixing grayed orange (ex 10)
  • Mixing mid oranges (ex 11and12)
  • Mixing bright oranges (ex 13)
  • Varying the proportions
  • Prepared violets and oranges
  • Grays and neutral colors
  • Palette mixing areas
  • Grays and neutrals from yellow and violet (ex 14-19)
  • Why do the complementaries absorb each other?
  • Selecting complementary partners
  • The complementary pair, blue and orange (ex 20-25)
  • The complementary pair, red and green (ex 26-31)
  • Further complementary pairings
  • The six principle colors
  • The additional six
  • Introducing further colors - Phthalocyanine Green (ex 32-35)
  • Introducing further colors - Phthalocyanine Blue (ex 36)
  • Transparent, semi-transparent and opaque paints (ex 37-40)
  • Introducing further colors - Burnt Sienna (ex 41-45)
  • Introducing further colors - Yellow Ochre (ex 46-47)
  • Introducing further colors - Raw Sienna (ex 48)
  • Adding white to produce tints (ex 49)
  • Adding black
  • Prepared browns
  • Mixing wet into wet
  • Taking a color in other directions
  • Additive mixing
  • The mixing of colored light and surface
  • Surface mixing
  • Reflectance curves
  • Working with reflected light
  • The School of Color