Soocom1
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Going back to something Smokes pointed out.
RGB was taken a LONG time ago in the world of color photography because of the wavelength. Green is dead in the middle of the color spectrum, whilst red and blue on the opposite sides.
Color film is based on Blue Green and Red with the silver sandwiched between.
Primary colors for art was based on the concept as pointed out for MIXING colors or more accurately, BREAKING THEM DOWN.
Ergo, if you could subtract colors from, what would you be left with.
Now without rehashing that, the other aspect as pointed out is the hues, chromas, etc.
Depth is also another aspect not typically covered in the basics of color education these days. That involves aspects of how the color actually is rendered by electronic format, but has its origins in older forms of art. (DIff. terminology, but similar concept).
Currently color depth is more based on the ability to reproduce the spectrum (to whit is infinite) using a system that can only reproduce a fraction. But that fraction is so large that the human brain literally cannot distinguish the diff.
But more to the point of the original question. how is the color wheel used, well take the above, and then USE IT!
I made mistakes for years of simply having it and not employing it. The real crux is actually following the process.
RGB was taken a LONG time ago in the world of color photography because of the wavelength. Green is dead in the middle of the color spectrum, whilst red and blue on the opposite sides.
Color film is based on Blue Green and Red with the silver sandwiched between.
Primary colors for art was based on the concept as pointed out for MIXING colors or more accurately, BREAKING THEM DOWN.
Ergo, if you could subtract colors from, what would you be left with.
Now without rehashing that, the other aspect as pointed out is the hues, chromas, etc.
Depth is also another aspect not typically covered in the basics of color education these days. That involves aspects of how the color actually is rendered by electronic format, but has its origins in older forms of art. (DIff. terminology, but similar concept).
Currently color depth is more based on the ability to reproduce the spectrum (to whit is infinite) using a system that can only reproduce a fraction. But that fraction is so large that the human brain literally cannot distinguish the diff.
But more to the point of the original question. how is the color wheel used, well take the above, and then USE IT!
I made mistakes for years of simply having it and not employing it. The real crux is actually following the process.