Popular color theory

Author: (USA) Amis
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Publish Date: 1998-05-01
Features: In the first chapter, the author uses warm and clear language along with colorful illustrations to lay the foundation for applying his theory to art. He points out that all colors in nature are composed of the three primary colors—cyan, magenta, and yellow—in different proportions. In the second chapter, through experiments with pigments actually used by painters, he confirms this theory. Here, the author provides basic knowledge for selection and lists common tube paints based on true primary colors. In the final chapter, he explores the rules of color mixing based on the three primary colors and applies these rules to practice through a series of watercolor examples.