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NEUTRALS--THE "SALT" OF PAINTING

  Tints and Shades add much to hue diversity. Two other ways to alter color intensity, is by the addition of "Grays", varying mixtures of white + black, and by hues blending with their own complements. We'll take a look at both methods.

8 Different GRAY Values
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Greens, oranges, browns and blues are blended with 4 different values of GRAYS. Modifications are less with the lighter values than would be with pure black.

brown, black, white + graysgreen, black + graysorange, blue, black + grays
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In these examples blue, orange, green, brown, yellow and purple are modified by variations of gray blends. How about that purple cat?
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Now, let's look at 3 examples of a "LIMITED PALETTE", where a specific color system is used. Here different Complementary Colors also contain tints, shades and gray values.
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yellow + purplered + greenorange + blue
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Top Row: Yellow + Purple, Red + Green, Orange + Blue. All the rest are Orange + Blue with and without Grays. All images are smooth brush blends with the bottom one adding dry brush.
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flashing arrow     A complement practice skill can be viewed in Part 3 where 1st Level students mixed many intensites and had different design solutions for the same problem. You might try it too!

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