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Color Choices: Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory Paperback – February 1, 2002
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With the help of his own "Quiller Wheel," a special foldout wheel featuring 68 precisely placed colors, the author shows artists how they can develop their own unique color blends. First, Quiller demonstrates how to use the wheel to interpret color relationships and mix colors more clearly. Then he explains, step by step, how to develop five structured color schemes, apply underlays and overlays, and use color in striking, unusual ways. This book will bring out every artist's unique sense of color whether he or she works in oil, watercolor, acrylics, gouache, or casein.
- Print length144 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWatson-Guptill
- Publication dateFebruary 1, 2002
- Dimensions8.37 x 0.41 x 10.97 inches
- ISBN-100823006972
- ISBN-13978-0823006977
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- Publisher : Watson-Guptill; First Edition (February 1, 2002)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 144 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0823006972
- ISBN-13 : 978-0823006977
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.37 x 0.41 x 10.97 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #28,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #24 in Graphic Design Color Use
- #57 in Painting (Books)
- #397 in Coloring Books for Grown-Ups
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Despite many many years of painting & interiors classes, and a semester of color theory, I had only been taught the usual color theory based on the typical color wheel.
As my painting progressed, I began to want to learn about pigments and as any painter can tell you, the regular color wheel doesn’t always apply when it comes to working with color in pigments.
This color wheel Quiller developed is seriously brilliant...so practical! And he talks about which companies make which colors- slightly out of date but still helpful. Then he even displays what colors look like when you mix them with different ways of creating neutrals. It’s just a way of breaking down color, value and intensity that makes so much sense, and will save you a lot of time experimenting if you haven’t already done a lot of this.
I also love how he breaks down each color scheme. I’m working now I’m laying more attention to what kind of color schemes I’m using along with values. I think the more I memorize what is what, the more time I will save from just intuiting what colors should be mixing up, and how.
Definitely worth the read.
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020
Despite many many years of painting & interiors classes, and a semester of color theory, I had only been taught the usual color theory based on the typical color wheel.
As my painting progressed, I began to want to learn about pigments and as any painter can tell you, the regular color wheel doesn’t always apply when it comes to working with color in pigments.
This color wheel Quiller developed is seriously brilliant...so practical! And he talks about which companies make which colors- slightly out of date but still helpful. Then he even displays what colors look like when you mix them with different ways of creating neutrals. It’s just a way of breaking down color, value and intensity that makes so much sense, and will save you a lot of time experimenting if you haven’t already done a lot of this.
I also love how he breaks down each color scheme. I’m working now I’m laying more attention to what kind of color schemes I’m using along with values. I think the more I memorize what is what, the more time I will save from just intuiting what colors should be mixing up, and how.
Definitely worth the read.
My main question around color has always been, "So what? Yes, colors lay next to each other and opposite each other on the color wheel, so what?" It finally connected for me, thanks to Stephen's down-to-earth writing style that, "Color is magic! And what a gift it is to use color in a way that truly expresses what the artist feels."
It's difficult to articulate those ah-ha moments in a product review, but here's how one moment worked for me: to assist the reader, Stephen offers sections in the book called, "Six Studies". There are 6 of the same subjects painted differently 6 times using various color schemes and he asks you to, "Notice how each study differs in color emphasis, value, and intensity. Also look at how the various moods have been developed, ranging from calm and serene, to austere, to fantasy-like, to dynamic and powerful." Because of the 6 side-by-side comparisons, my eye traveled differently around each painting and I began to understand the theory of contrast. Or, I would like one painting and despise another connecting to the theories of intensity and color harmony. Wow! I actually get it!
Then he explains what the color is doing for you, for example, "The bright orange has been neutralized to create a distinct mood." He's an art instructor, so at the end of each chapter he offers a "Workshop" where he provides exercises for the painter. I continue to find great value in re-reading and experiencing this book and I don't even paint!
With the Quiller Wheel, you can understand why a violet made with Alizarin Crimson (pure red) and Cobalt Blue (blue with a touch of red) is more vivid than one made with Cadmium Red (red with some yellow) and Manganese Blue (blue with a touch of yellow): the yellow in the latter set "muddies" the red-blue combination of the violet. Need the exact complementary color to tone down Ultramarine Blue? That would be Cadmium Orange on the axis across the wheel. Raw Sienna and Raw Umber can also work because they are on the same axis, but their positions on the inside of the wheel also indicate that they will darken the value of the result.
This is a book about color and mapping the colors you have to the color wheel, and it works very well. If you wanted to paint a valley landscape in red, as the cover shows, you can now know which tubes of paint to use (and not use). Should the landscape be red? Well, that's a matter of your artistic sensibilities, and a subject for another book.
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