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Colour

The colour wheel, value, temperature, matching and mixing — with practical paint recipes.

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Lesson 1

The colour wheel

Primary, secondary and tertiary colours, complements and the language of hue, value and chroma.

HueSame colours in greyscale (value)
Lesson 2

Value in colour

Every colour has a value. Learn to see it, and to keep it right while you change hue.

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Lesson 3

Colour temperature

Warm and cool colours, relative temperature, and how light and shadow differ in temperature.

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Lesson 4

Matching and mixing colours

A step-by-step method to match any colour, plus practical mixing recipes from a basic palette.

Lesson 5

Palettes and harmony

Limited palettes, split-primary palettes, the Zorn palette and how to lay out your paints.