Project 1

Traditional Subtractive Color Wheel with primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries

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Project One: Scales of Attributes in the Subtractive System

a) Value: Using square increments, complete a nine-step even gradation from black to white, with 7 shades of gray in between. Note: the value distinction on the lighter side will be more pronounced than on the dark side. (This one is not pictured here).

b) Hue: Using square increments, complete a value scale of the primaries and secondary colors in the subtractive system. These would be G. O, V, R, B, and V. The hues will line up from top to bottom, and 6 increments of value with run across, with lightest on left and darkest on right. place each hue at its purest, unadulterated state at the appropriate value. This will illustrate the inherent value of each hue. Use black and white only to lighten and darken hues. When one squints, the values of each up/down row, should appear very uniform.

c) Saturation: Using square increments, create a saturation chart using the 3 primaries and their complements. In three seperate gamuts, use 7 increments between colors and make the middle square the midpoint, and therefore neutral hue between the two complements used.

Each exercise will be executed in gouache and will be on a separate sheet of Bristol, that is you will hand in three sheets of paper. You must use two coats of paint to get an opaque and uniform paint surface. Be as neat, slow, and careful as you can be. Each square increment of color should be no smaller than 3/4" and no bigger that 1".