Scale Chart I or II
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Color Scale Supplies:
quality mixable paint in these colors: white, black, red, blue, and
yellow
paint brushes in various sizes
paint mixing trays, water, paper towels and a protected surface for
working
How to use Scale Chart I or II for a Color
Scale
You will need these colors no matter what color you choose: red,
blue, yellow, black, and white. You will also need paint brushes,
water, a paint mixing tray, a paper towel, possibly a piece of scrap
paper, and either the printout or something like it drawn on
construction paper (4 rows around 1-inch wide, 10 inches long and
divided into 10 1-inch sections.)
Choose one of the primary or secondary colors as the main color for
the exercise.
In the first row of 10 squares,
paint the first square the main color. Add a little white perhaps a
drop or two to your main color, paint that in the next square of the
same row, continue lightening the color with white and each time
painting the next square in the same row. Hopefully by the time you
have arrived at square 10, your color will be very pale, almost
white. This is the tint value scale.
On the next row do the same with black paint.. Paint the first
square with your main color, add a very tiny amount of black (go
easy on the black) paint the next square and so forth.
On the 3rd row do the same
with your main color and a medium shade of gray. To get gray, add
some black paint to white until you have a medium shade. Paint the
squares in the same manner as before. This is a saturation value
scale.
On the 4th row do the same with
your main color and its complement. (The color located opposite your
main color on the color wheel.) Make the complement if it is a
secondary color and then do as before to make the value scale. This
one is a intensity value scale.
Example Image:
The printables
Mixing and Comparing
Scale Chart I
with black lines
Scale Chart I
with gray lines
Scale Chart II
with black lines
Scale Chart II
with gray lines
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