Beginner Colour / Color Theory – Expanding the Colour Wheel – Working with Hue

About This Class In Lesson 3 of the Beginner Colour Theory Series we have a look at the second of our three colour scales Hue. Hue isn’t as easy a subject to tackle as Value because if we’re not careful with how it relates to Value then it can easily overwhelm our paintings. In this lesson we’ll break down the Colour Wheel into more detail, have a look at what the affects of Black are on our Colours, see how reflected light factors into our colour choices, and we’ll finish it off with a painting demonstration designed around our three primary colours of Red, Yellow and Blue. If you are using digital drawing applications I recommend Affinity Photo as it has the best mixing tools for digital paint. If you’re using traditional paints I recommend starting with a cheap set of water based or acrylic paints, oils tends to be a little tricky to begin with. Red, Blue, Yellow, White and Black is the minimum that you will need. Other colour options are explained in the video. The pencil sketch for the exercise is available in the course notes.

Expanded Colour Options:Cool Yellow – Lemon Yellow Warm Yellow – Cadmium Yellow Warm Red – Cadmium Orange Cool Red – Alizarin Crimson / Permanent Magenta (little darker) Warm Blue – Ultramarine Blue Cool Blue – Cerulean Blue / Cobalt Blue (little bluer) Ivory Black Titanium White