{"id":17179,"date":"2020-08-09T02:55:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T09:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=17179"},"modified":"2020-09-11T12:32:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T19:32:47","slug":"formula-for-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/formula-for-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula for Color"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Using both shades and tints of the same cyan-blue, Magdalena Buldak<\/a> created a color palette that is predominatly monochormatic on the bottom but has the drama it’s complement at the top. Do you see how the cyan-blue leans heavier to cyan than blue? You could also say it’s cyan with a blue bias. Which you chose depends on what colors you have mix with. But being able to identify a hue+bias+tine\/shade\/tone allows you to see what you would need to mix those colors.<\/p><\/div>\n

Did you get some practice in mixing and matching colors last week? Those proposed exercises are only the beginning of the possible uses of that formula I gave you: hue + bias + tone, shade, and\/or tint =your target color.<\/p>\n

The thing about last week\u2019s post is that we talked about matching a color that you found out in the world but the formula also works for creating a color that you want to achieve even without a sample and it will also help you in choosing color palettes. I have limited time this weekend for you so we\u2019ll get to palettes next week but let\u2019s quickly talk about creating colors when you only have an idea of what you want and not a sample to go by.<\/p>\n

A lot of times, especially when you are organically creating a palette at your worktable, you are making choices from the premixed materials that you have or you might have some idea of what you want. If you start with a prepackaged color you want and need to choose additional colors, don\u2019t limit yourself to the colors on hand. Consider what would best go with it (and again that would be about palette choices which we will talk about next week but just go with me here) \u2013 is the main color you have chosen fully saturated or is it toned down? If you break down the color formula for your main color in the same way, you may discover that it\u2019s not fully saturated or has a strong bias towards blue when you thought it would lean towards magenta or whatever.<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve broken down your main color, you can more accurately choose a complement, your range of analogous colors, or choose similarly toned down colors so the additions to your color palette don\u2019t seem dramatically brighter.<\/p>\n

If you are working with just the idea of a color, start with the hue you believe it would be a part of, look at the color really consider whether it should have a bias of one side or the other and whether it should be lighter, darker, or toned down. Start mixing your best guess and then, knowing what the formula includes, you can change the portion to make it more saturated or brighter, lighter or darker, or toned down more as needed.<\/p>\n

The other reason you want to be able look at colors in terms of this formula is because when you put palettes together you\u2019re going to be making them relate based on the details that formula lays out. I know that probably doesn\u2019t make a whole lot of sense right now but, trust me, looking at colors in terms of that will not only help you mix the colors you want but it will help you pick out color sets that will be more successful and satisfying for your intention.<\/p>\n

So, for this week, either continue mixing color based on the formula or get yourself started so that you, ideally, can name the details of a color\u2019s formula in moments. It\u2019s cool to be able to rattle off Hue \u2013 Bias \u2013 Tint\/Shade\/Tone at glance. And will make you much more comfortable mixing your own colors as well as pairing them.<\/p>\n

Get ready to dive into color choices next week. I think you will be surprised at how easy the method I have for putting together colors really is. So, keep mixing. Yes, it\u2019s always practice, practice, practice. You have to do the work, of course, to gain the skill, but once you have it, it cannot be taken away from you to keep your eye on the prize!<\/p>\n

And if any of you had trouble getting to that online mixer game, I know some people were getting error messages, so use this link here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m still in Colorado but leaving to travel back on Tuesday. I\u2019ll be out of touch most of Tuesday and Wednesday but will certainly see you back here next Sunday!<\/p>\n

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