The essential guide to colour theory and mixing for artists.Packed with beautiful and complex hand-painted colour wheels and practical advice on using and mixing colours, this book is a must-have for any artist working with pigments and paints. Starting with the fundamentals of colour and moving into the complexities of tonality, harmony, opacity and pigment, artist Ian Goldsmith explores and explains all the key elements of colour and its effects. A comprehensive index of paints at the end of the book provides an indispensable reference guide to choosing and purchasing essential materials for any working artist.Includes:- Understanding the colour wheel- Primaries, secondaries and tertiaries- Colour temperature- Hue, value and saturation- Opacity and transparency- Materials and pigments.

Publisher: Octopus Publishing