[Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheels.

[River Woman]

Here is a good site for a very clear explanation of a color wheel. It is a 
way of organizing color, in a circle. It has three kinds of colors on it, in 
a very specific order that never changes. An artist has to learn color 
theory, based on a color wheel to begin with, and then expands their 
knowledge to a much more complex color chart. With that knowledge, you can 
then find any color you are seeking when doing a painting or a project.

My own favorite colors are Tertiary colors and those are made by mixing a 
Primary with any secondary. These colors have two names, which reflect their 
place on the color wheel -  Red-Orange, Blue-Violet, Yellow-Orange, etc. 
These are my favorites because of the nuances they hold.

If you add white to any color, you make a tint.
If you add gray to any color, you have a hue, and it is much more subdued.
Lynda

http://www.color-chart.org/color-wheel.php
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheels.


> Eileen, I like that idea.
>
> Many years ago I took a personal color class.  I learned that at that time 
> I
> was a contrasting solar winter.  At the end of the class, we were given a
> personalized set of colors.  These were oval shaped pieces of cardboard 
> with
> a piece of colored fabric attached to the color.  There were, I'm guessing
> at least 25 of these color swatches.  They were stacked and held together
> with some type of mechanism that allowed you to fan out all of the 
> swatches
> so that you could see multiple colors at a time.
>
> Linda, you mentioned a color wheel used by artist what does that look 
> like?
>
> I remember when we were remodeling our kitchen, the contractor gave me a
> color tool to use to match colors of paint, tile and fabric.  It was a 
> stack
> of strips of cardboard that each contained the various hues of the color 
> on
> that strip.  The strips were again held together at one end so that you
> could fan them out.  Something like this would be easy to add braille on
> each strip.  The only problem is that I think each of these colors were
> identified by a number because it was used to tint the paint made by the
> company who put together this color tool.  But if you knew that a specific
> range of numbers corresponded to a certain primary or secondary color, at
> least we would have something to take to a store and say, I am looking for
> this color, or something that compliments or contrasts it.
>
> Does anyone have a contact with someone in the paint business who might 
> have
> "last years" color palate tool?
>
> Annette
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen 
> Scrivani
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 3:23 PM
> To: Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheels.
>
> You know what I think would be a good/helpful tool for any blind person, 
> not
> just blind crafters?  An accessible color wheel something with Braille on 
> it
> that as you turn it to one color it would be labeled in Braille with the
> color and then show on the other end the colors that either coordinate or
> contrast with the one selected.  At least this is how I think the color
> wheels work.  Before loosing my sight, I never saw a color wheel so am not
> 100% sure how they work but if I understand it correctly, believe they are
> useful tools for designers in picking out color choices.
>
> Eileen
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