Value and Color Theory

1. Discuss what you thought about creating the Value Scale and Color Wheel.

The value scale was a straight forward process.  I draw a bit for fun so I have done shading like this before.  I never put that many values next to each other at one time.  The end result helped me to understand how to create a large range of valuesd.  The color wheel was interesting.  I already owned yellow, red, and blue acrylic paint and I bought cyan and magenta acrylic paint at the Hobby Lobby.  I made two color wheels like the video.  The comparison allowed me to understand why cyan, magenta, and yellow are true primary colors.

2. Which media did you enjoy working with the best and why?

I enjoyed the acrylic paint the most.  It was a good learning experience reproducing the two color wheels like on the video.  I enjoyed the paint and I will attempt some painting on my own.   This will be new to me. 

3. What was the most important discovery in the creation of these studies?

The most important discovery was the definition of true primary colors.  I was always told yellow, blue, and red were primary colors.   Through scientific analysis this was found to be false.  Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the true primary colors. 

4. What is the most important information you learned from watching the videos for this project? What is your opinion of the videos.

The most important information I learned from watching the videos was the process for making a value scale and the process for making a color wheel.  The value scale video was sort of dull.  The narrator was monotone but the information presented was useful.  The color video was good because it was played in fast motion to reduce the time.  This allowed the viewer to see the end results of the color mixing in a reasonable amount of time.


I ended up doing two color wheels to see the difference.  The first uses yellow, red, and blue as primary colors with orange, green, and violet as secondary colors.  The second uses magenta, cyan, and yellow as primary colors with blue, green, and red as secondary colors. 

Pre-scientific primary color wheel:

True Primary Color Wheel:

Graphite Value Scale: