DT - Colour Wheel - Embroidery Certificate Module 1 Chapter 1 e

 Designing a Colour wheel

Colour Wheel Image 1.0

• the next exercise of designing a colour wheel, using both a cool and a warm version of the 3 primary colours yellow, red and blue
• for my example I chose lemon yellow/ochre, vermillion red/crimson and ultramarine blue/cerulean blue combinations
• different effects were accomplished by adding more or less pigment to achieve harmonious colour values sitting adjacent to each other on the wheel 

 Colour Wheel Image 1.1

• my completed colour wheel 
• I found it difficult to photograph the colour wheel properly, having tried several methods I opted for a close up with a daylight bulb, but still the individual variations do not properly show the clarity of colour changes on the original

 

Colour Wheel Image 1.2

• here my various practice and experiment sheets finding the right values of the colours 
• I was pleased that after several pigment changes I came to a colour option that was pleasing to me, and surprised what a change a cooler or warmer addition could make to provide harmony

Colour Wheel Image 1.3

• in addition to the original colour wheel shades and hues I experimented with adding both the cool and warm version of the yellow and red primary together before adding white and black ... 
• in this way I discovered that when starting with a mixed tone of the primary, both the cooler and the warmer version will add a different dimension yet remain more complimentary than when starting off with a single tone alone

- location : Studio at Home , October  2017

- material : gouache on watercolour paper and sketchbook pages
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Time spent  : 3 hours
cost: £ 20 ( gouache set  )
DT - Colour Wheel - Embroidery Certificate Module 1 Chapter 1 e

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