complementary colours

[godfather]

I hear people talking about shading/highlighting with comps colours so to get this straight here's an example tell me if I am right or wrong. I have a colour wheel and select yellow as my base colour according to the wheel the comp colour is violet and then it lists the tint, I am assuming this means highlight, tone don't know what that means, and shade. According the wheel, yellow should be shaded with a dark violet?

 

[RobH]

Thats generally the idea. There's others on here who can add more - Einion will be able to add plenty, but he's not back to the 16th.......enjoying more of american hospitality!

 

[KeithP]

Rob is right. We can wait for Einion! :lol: But, you can whet your appetite with this article by Einion that is available from Armorama. This got me going on complimentary shading. I also have the Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green by M. Wilcox that he mentions. Very useful info...

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=mod...artid=36&page=4

Keith

 

[PJ Deluhery]

You are correct, Talino. Shade yellow with violet. "Tint" is adding white to the color, "tone" is adding black.

When I shade I use the primary complimentary color as the additive (ignore the tint and tone) and then add white or a darker shade to that mix, if need be. Sometimes it's not quite intuitive, as with many earth tones a good compliment is prussian blue.

I have a list of the complimentary colors somewhere that I use for reference when I get stuck. I'll see if I can dig it out and post it. Once you get the hang of this, you will see a big difference in your figures.