Home Value - Learn About Your Colors With This Exploration

At some point during the course of learning to paint, you'll likely run across the notion of 'Home Value'. It’s important because it connects two of the Characteristics of Color. This article explains the basics and offers a video tutorial method for exploring the colors you use.

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Chroma - The Most Complex Characteristic Of Color

Chroma is the most complex Characteristic of Color and the most difficult to understand. This article simplifies the idea and presents the best way to think about and use Chroma in your paintings.

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Value For The Artist

Learn the two important uses for Value in painting.

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Hue

Hue is the most easily understood of the four characteristics of color. Simple color wheels and basic color theory ideas are a great starting point for simplifying the complex topic of “color’.

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Darkening Light Colors

Learn to darken light colors while retaining their essential color identity with these methods.

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Mixing Greens For Watercolor Landscape Paintings

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Create And Use A Value Scale For Better Watercolor Paintings

Learn how to create your own value scale, an essential painting tool for any artist.

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The Characteristics Of Color

Color has three characteristics; Hue, Value, and Chroma. Learning these characteristics is the first step in increasing your ability to represent light and form, and more expressive paintings.