Color Theory 2: Mixing Colors

[@yuriahcaradoc5896]

I'm so happy that I finally found a cmy water color colorwheel. People insist that I should be using red instead but the purples get so muded. Thank you so much for your amazing video, it helped me a lot.

[@OBGSupaDupa]

Thank you so much for creating your color theory video series. I am going into Graphic Design and I have been searching far and wide for a good color theory video. Most videos jump right into designing rather than really explaining colors. I am the type that likes to understand the foundation and tools I am working with i.e colors. This has been so helpful. I can't thank you enough.

[@yuvan1999]

Am I the only one who thinks that the painted colour wheel would look amazing as an art piece in a living room? ;P xD

[@zoehongteaches]

No, so go make one!

[@itsRichdavis]

shut up!!...

[@missdaisy151]

I love how you explain things simply I thought it was all a bit mystery watercolor painting and mixing ,thank you for opening my eyes, great video xx

[@valentinapastore]

Zoe thanks for talking about the DIFFERENT color wheels, i didn't know why some people were using blue-red-yellow for mixing because it did feel like some colors were left out, but i didn't know if i should use the cyan-magenta-yellow for the complementaries because it felt weird

[@francesmmitchell]

Best CMYK video on the market IMO... and I've watched a lot of em!! I especially love that you use so many ceruleans and a pthalo that is a true cyan instead of a blue. I see a lot of 'true blue' pthalo in CMYK tutorials and it is NOT cyan! ***TLDR: I think RBY and CMYK are good for different uses. Try both, see how you go.When the basic colour profile of your subject matter changes, consider switching from RBY to CMYK or vice versa.**** So many of the other videos use blue instead of cyan, or a yellow that is way too warm, or a 'magenta' that is way too muted / warm and they end up with a colour wheel that is so similar to a standard RBY wheel that it just confirms the traditional bias toward RBY again. I find them so frustrating to watch. I'm painting a lot of florals at the moment and during that journey I discovered CMYK. It was so so huge for me and is a complete game changer for florals because it provides you with so many more fresh, light, bright and clear colours which are just impossible to achieve using RBY - especially greens and violet / purples. That said, I still value the RBY technique for other subjects. I think if you want to know whether to use CMYK or RBY, think about what colours your subject has. Are they muted or clear? Bright or dark? With RBY you will get rich, dark, muted colours. With CMYK you will get clear, bright colours. CMYK will make your life very difficult if you want dark, rich colours. It will wash out to grey too quickly. RBY will be extremely frustrating if you want a wide range of purples and greens.

[@ladyjunon6305]

Yay, I'm first! You're such a good teacher. You give enough fucks to teach us about fashion illustration, color theory, drawing mediums, print design and marketing. I mean, you even care about your students' teeth!

[@zoehongteaches]

YO, TEETH ARE IMPORTANT. Once you're a fully grown adult, you don't get anymore! Dentists are expensive! Pliers are cheap! (you don't really need nice fancy ones for opening paints.)

[@starwarrior1227]

Thank you for this! I've been reading up on whether or not to use CMYK or RYB for watercolor painting. All of my art teachers and most authors on the subject have advised RYB, not because they don't believe CMYK theory isn't true, but that the physical properties of CMY pigments are less reliant than RYB. But paints have constantly gotten better. Plus, if the science behind paint manufacturing has advanced well enough for printers to use CMYK, then watercolors might as well be trustworthy. All I needed at this point was physical proof that CMYK watercolor paints work (considerably well), and your work has proven that they can be trusted. My only concern is that it appears that the Cyan you used did have some slight discoloration (might be from blending of colors though or drying of paint). Anyway, thanks again for the video!

[@zoehongteaches]

Yes, the cyan I had wasn't perfect but it was close enough for the demo.

[@Renilou2]

Check out KZbin video called "The Truth About The Colour Wheel," by Scott Naismith. He is an oil painter and convinced me years ago. Its proof enough in this day and age.

[@tabbycat5547]

You're the best teacher.

[@melblack7412]

Wow, I never knew that you could make primary blue and red with the use of other colors... Mind blown.

[@zoehongteaches]

[@Toyon95]

I didn't either- they always say the watercolors become muddy if you use too many of them at once. But maybe that's because people usually use the old rgb-method?

[@zoehongteaches]

Yes, I believe so.

[@Toyon95]

This whole thing has blown my mind XD I'm gonna have a talk with my art-teacher tomorrow haha.

[@kayturs]

Can't make cyan or magenta from other paints though ;) so I think we know who the primaries are

[@rodolfozanin9172]

Thank you for giving your time to share your knowledge! The world is for sure a better place with you. I Learned SO MUCH

[@adultingonhardmode3400]

When I saw you make red I just thought, "everything I've been taught is a lie!" Lol.

[@zoehongteaches]

I get that reaction a lot at that precise moment. Students are always, NO THEY SAID YOU CAN'T MAKE RED! RED IS JUST MADE OUT OF RED! hahahahaha~

[@adultingonhardmode3400]

I honestly think it stems from the way that the American education system and culture views art. We view artistic ability as something that you are either born with or not. The fact that art is a skill that can be learned seems to be something only artist know. My art education was minimal and over by middle school. In high school you had to take a test showing you had a certain amount of artistic ability to get into the art program. This was at a public high school mind you. I always loved art, but I didn't even try to get in. I didn't think I was gifted enough. After high school I gave up art all together for 10 years, because I thought it was a waste of my time when I'd never improve. It is only thanks to people like you on youtube that I have rediscovered my love for art, and I've actually have seen a great amount of improvement in my art in just a few months time. As silly as it may seem moments like this, something as simple as seeing red being made when I though it wasn't possible, are the moments that encourage me the most. These are the moments that I realize how little I really know. And as long as I have more to learn I can still grow as an artist. So thank you.

[@mig8686]

Yeah this took me down a rabbit whole of color theory reading especially when I learned magenta has no actual frequency it IS red and blue which are on opposite sides of the frequency spectrum. Magenta as a color exists only in our mind. Here what is happening is that yellow paint absorbs blue light but still reflects a great deal of red light as red and yellow light are similar frequencies. In magenta paint about half of blue light is absorbed half reflected same with red light, in yellow paint most blue light is absorbed most red light is reflected. This leaves a very small amount of blue light being reflected but a lot of red light so we see it as red.

[@yumyumoryuck8675]

@@mig8686 Thank you so much for sharing! That is so cool!

[@AlysiasArtStudio]

Zoe Hong I’m 50 and thought that my whole life 🤣 Thank you so much!

[@InLiquidColor]

I love the aesthetic of this color wheel! I haven't seen it before :)

[@arestocat]

If I dont use my big studio palette, I have to make sure that I have 4 spare small pans for my go to palette. I dont need more than 4. 3 of them are the colors of CMY color wheel, in my case Pthalo Blue PB15:3, Quinacradone Rose and Lemon Yellow. In practical use, however, I need to use a 4th color in order to achieve more natural, earth-tony colors and mix black easily. Which is why I put Burnt Sienna or Burnt Umber on my palette. ;) I never found why people think that using at least 10 colors for a travel palette is essential after figuring out the CYM one.

[@zoehongteaches]

Mostly people like shortcuts for colors they use a lot but yeah, you only really need a few.

[@richiejourney1840]

That’s funny. Thats not a CYM pallet either. Your using a BVg/Yg/Rv palette. That’s a green leaning Blue Violet, a green leaning Yellow, and a violet leaning Red. In essence your still using a BYR system. Your “bias” just leans the opposite way of traditional paints used to explain theory. But don’t fret…Science does not use correct colors for RGB either and neither did traditional RYB so…have at it at call it whatever you like as do most. As for me…I like to carry a larger palette with well chosen representations in each hue-not only because CYM does not cut it all the time but neither does traditional RYB. I have found that you need many “primaries” to cover the largest gamut and pigment properties effects. The actual palette for this is still small and carried easily in my pocket.

[@hudasiddiqui6797]

color mixing is magical !! 😍

[@zoehongteaches]

No, it's practice! #practicenotmagic :D

[@hudasiddiqui6797]

Zoe Hong Haha Love you X♡

[@rajanimaharjan1536]

Zoe Hong can u do a video about fashion portfolio

[@næntsi]

Zoe, thanks so much for this video. You're so helpful, I think because you're actually an educator and so you don't hesitate to give your viewers all the knowledge you have upfront. I've put my faith in your experienced hands and bought the W&N gouache in Rose Tyrien and Cerulean after a visit to Blick. Sadly, they were out of a lot of colors due to shortages, including the Primary Yellow, so I'm just gonna say to hell with it and buy the primary set from Amazon (while getting some extra colors to add to my collection). Can't wait to try gouache when everything gets here!

[@zoehongteaches]

have fun!

[@katievandyck2270]

Very clever video, lots of things going on at the same time. Thank you.

[@watercolourartincapetown2919]

Thank you for sharing this video, busy preparing a colour mixing workshop with CMY colours

[@pilarneary3526]

Wonderful, Ms. Zoe! What is the differen e between value and intersity? I would like ti understand this better. As always, great video. Thank you!! 🌺🤗🌺

[@zoehongteaches]

Changing value is making something darker or lighter. Intensity is like starting with a soft red and adding more red to make it a more intense red.

[@pilarneary3526]

Ms. Zoe! You replied to me!! Thank you so much. I understand now. Many congratulations on your excellent videos! 🌺🤗🌺

[@kayturs]

looks like you could make RYB with MYC ... but could you do the reverse?

[@peggydid]

I love your color wheel here! You're great!

[@zoehongteaches]

Thanks!

[@shouto3877]

Nice color, now I can use it on my drawing and thank for showing your color

[@zoehongteaches]

:D

[@shouto3877]

:3

[@mahikadear]

can you tailor. an online full fashion design course for people who are interested and did not get a chance to do it .looking for a proper course and these videos make me yearn for more

[@lindareyburn787]

So helpful to work with the CMY system, thank you!

[@bobbrawley9439]

This was helpful . I've attempted 6o find a cyan ,magenta yellow substitute . . I did choose cerulean for cyan . the magenta substitute I can't remember and am sure it was wrong but I definitely coucouldn't get a yellow . It seems most yellows have green in them. Which yellows? The yellows in a 16 tube bargain pack. I will look over this video to see what yellow and magenta substitute you chose

[@Renilou2]

YES! I've been doing this for years. I figured if the printer can do it, it must be right. I actually tool a soft paper town and put some printer color on it and let it bleed down from dark to light. I still have it and will match my watercolor to those colors as my main primary colors.

[@adiniabunga3625]

can you make a video about coloring with markers? all about that tint, shade etc because I have a few markers but I don't know how to mix it and since I'm a begginer I don't know the method to color with markers. (btw, I love all ur videos. very helpful❤️glad I finally found you, so I can learn all the time)

[@ReemAlhalyan]

This was AWESOME

[@CreaBitivity]

when you're designing, which color wheel do you use the most?

[@zoehongteaches]

I use RedYellowBlue for design, CMYK for paint mixing.

[@SparklesFantastic]

Where did you get your color wheel that you matched your colors to? or did you say it and I'm just deaf? Color is still so difficult for me to understand, so this video helped a lot. Thank you!

[@zoehongteaches]

I got it on amazon. I just added the link in the description box.

[@SparklesFantastic]

Thank you!! I'm going to go add it to my ever growing amazon cart. :D

[@aria8928]

A video just on different yellows would be neat. Honestly I kind on hate yellow since it's well just yellow. It's alot harder to have a subtlety off yellow so instead of there being . Bunch of kinds of yellow it just sort of seems like there aren't any options other than a pastel, or a fully saturated yellow.

[@bobbrawley9439]

Yes . VERY HELPFUL . THANKS OR LISTING THE COLORS BRAND NAME

[@joannezeng8411]

Dear Zoe, very eye-opening video! I’m new to color theory and have been reading the Designing with Color book that you recommend. One question: both you and the book mentioned how important it is to mix colors with the same temperature to get a bright, saturated new color. But here I see you creating very vibrant saturated colors using only three colors. I’m confused because pairing these color up I assume there is bound to be at least one pair that is of opposite temperature.

[@zoehongteaches]

The whole point of this video is to show you can paint any color with these 3 (plus black and white). The mixing other colors thing is about how to handle what other colors you have in your paint kit, how to choose one paint over another when mixing colors, why some colors look weird, and why mixing using CMYK is so much better than mixing Red Yellow Blue.

[@MeowMeowKapow]

I've been using watercolor for a little over a year now and started off totally overwhelmed thinking I needed a zillion colors.... I HAVE a zillion colors, but for every piece I eventually realized that it's best to stick to like four or five colors for the whole thing so you one, don't get overwhelmed and freeze from color picking overload and two..... To make the piece more cohesive. Eventually, using a minimal palette totally made sense to me and mini travel palettes are now my best friend. A couple of months ago, I thought about trying to experiment with marker art like I used to a million years ago in high school, but immediately realized that it would be INSANE trying to get all the colors and tones I'd need! I'm sure there are ways to make the usability of your markers stretch.... But after being spoiled by the mixing capabilities of paint? There's just no comparison. Anyway, that's all to say that I appreciate this video and totally agree with it all!

[@zoehongteaches]

I think that's why companies are getting into the "pigment marker" or "watercolor marker" game, because people enjoy the mixability of paint and the overall efficiency of markers. I still haven't found one that really nails it, but I'm having fun testing out these products!

[@MeowMeowKapow]

Zoe Hong yeah, I really don't understand the pigment markers, because they're still limited by the functionality of actual markers, regardless of what pigments are inside. I think the water-soluble crayons and pencils make slightly more sense for what they're aiming towards, and the watercolor sticks aren't really great or convenient for drawing but are certainly great for painting or mixing. Maybe we're on the cusp of a new medium being created?

[@riaxandra1870]

can you please do videos about how to render with paints? I mean when I paint I get really inconsistent washes and they don't look even. And it's harder with gouache then with watercolor for some reason.

[@zoehongteaches]

Go look in my Fundamentals Friday playlist and start with my Shading with Watercolor video. And all my rendering videos feature a way to do things with watercolor.

[@Discofoxx1]

I love the fact that you keep remarks on the screen long enough for me to read it! LOL I’m a very slow reader. Some ppl flick it in and out so fast you don’t even have time to push the pause button. :$

[@zoehongteaches]

I have tons of international viewers so I try to make sure it's a decent length of time. :D

[@0moyeni]

This is amazing.. but I have a question.. is making a colour wheel sort of a practice to know how to mix colours? what exactly is the point? thank you

[@zoehongteaches]

Everyone has different paints. It's a good idea to make your own wheel to see how your own paints mix and create colors and practice what you need to do to get the best red or your favorite orange, etc.

[@megustazellulose8393]

I would love it if you could show more options on how to create color wheels from supplies one has at home instead of using a shore-bought color wheel - maybe (specifically) using the color wheel stamp/die set that Waffle Flower just came out with? (no affiliation, just curious about the options of that thing). Thank you so much for this super-interesting video!!!

[@sevalborekcioglu1826]

You're my very first teacher in fashion drawing and I had been searching video tutorials for a while. Thanks God, I found you! Your videos are too informative and useful for learners and also really funny. I'm also a beginner and I'm a bit confused about how it should be the practice process. I watched 4-step figure drawing and converting into 10-head croquis. Then I watched faces tutorials.But there are so much information for me as a beginner. Should I first watch whole body parts illustration videos and then practice it or should I first watch the video and then practice after it? I tried watched and practiced after each video but I'm a impatient person, I want to practice whole body at every time :) Please advise and I need a roadmap about learning process. Many thanks in advance!

[@zoehongteaches]

In my classes, I teach each video's worth of content at a time and assign homework assignments for each step at a time. I don't know what to tell you about your impatience.

[@enagy2737]

Thanks for the video, for real! You’re amazing

[@sheliacruz3502]

Instead of pliers or Not your Teeth.....you can heat the neck area up with a good hair dryer for a bit. It has worked well for me. It does not take a long time to heat the area up.

[@zoehongteaches]

What a great tip! Thanks for sharing!

[@nooralhaddad381]

Love your videos 💕 I’m learning a lot Keep it up 👍🏽

[@raisavaz]

How long did it take you in real time to make this colour wheel?

[@radharcanna]

Extremely useful. And entertaining!

[@wiredayan9719]

1:53 Cyan is a shade of blue....

[@gimygaming8655]

Nope

[@richiejourney1840]

Well…using a Tinted BV as “cyan” (PW6 + PB15:3), as is done by most, certainly is not “cyan” either.

[@mosiotv]

Hey dear Zoe! I'm watching your tuts for a while and they are fantastic, thanks. I'm beginner to painting using oils. however I think you picked the best three primaries. but I have problems with oranges, they seem hard to mix and on your color wheel also a small portion is orange, like 10 degrees out of 360. should I use an orange tube? cuz even with split primaries of cad yellow light and cad red deep I'm still not satisfied. the cad yellow deep which itself is orangish and cad red work fine together however they're not good for split palette I think. thanks for your attention. 😊

[@zoehongteaches]

You buy whatever you want. The point of this video is show how colors are mixed and to show that you don't need 20 tubes to get started with painting. If you're going to use a lot of orange, and you struggle with mixing it and find a color you love, go get it.

[@mosiotv]

thanks a lot Zoe

[@davidoffsal]

You're amazing, I loved this

[@zoehongteaches]

Thanks!

[@Sh1n_Z0]

THAT WAS DAMN HELPFUL N U CREATED AN AWESOME ART IN THE NAME OF COLOR WHEEL

[@0433elva]

how to get those colors in between? add white? or blk? many thanks

[@zoehongteaches]

?

[@0433elva]

I mean monochrome colors.-_-'

[@TheWhitePhoenix2]

I’m shocked you got phthalo blue to mix well. I had to use ultramarine to mix and then a thin layer of phthalo blue

[@AnointedRain]

This may be a stupid question but how do you get mauve colors and like peachy nude or pinky nude colors??? Do you start with a light red and just add brown????

[@zoehongteaches]

You can watch the rest of my Color Lessons playlist for more info on mixing more neutral colors.

[@mayaart]

Hello. Why not WN magenta but rose tyrien? How easy is rewet this gouache? Thx

[@zoehongteaches]

Because rose tyrien is an excellent magenta. When I have dry gouache on my palette, I spray water on it from a spray bottle or eyedropper a few minutes before I start painting, to let the water sink into the dry paint.

[@alisonjones3057]

very helpful , thanks 😃

[@zoehongteaches]

You're welcome!

[@AnointedRain]

I love your channel!!!!

[@johndoejr.7180]

So what’s the difference between CMYK and Red Yellow Blue that everyone is familiar with?

[@zoehongteaches]

I go over it in the first video of the Color Lessons playlist.

[@richiejourney1840]

Nothing. Just a big hype with higher value’s/tints actually using RYB colors.

[@ghayingbanago9929]

Use the RBY color primary

[@TheBayerRepublic]

nope too muddy

[@olgahein4384]

Why should she use 2 secondary colors that make half of the mixes into dirt?

[@annavannoni]

Where can I get a cmyk color wheel?

[@indupalliblessi8176]

Thank you 🖤

[@Jimba01]

Thank you! I just became a subscriber 🤗🤗

[@christophkuhn360]

great Video👍🏻👍🏻

[@jiaweima1050]

Hey Zoe.thanks for all these amazing Videos.I watch your series of design process, also with talor&sail interview .i still don't quite understand how to work it on the process of real production for startups.can you give some suggestions on how to do design process on real production line . I mean, for a brand,it's important to make production that sells.on this purpose, to make the concept too much creative as the process video says,seems very expensive and time consuming. How to make things work like Talor&sage work commercially on the concept and color story step . Can you explain more. Thx

[@zoehongteaches]

The design process I lecture in my videos is the same process whether you're doing gowns or sneakers, whether it's a very simple concept or very complex. You practice the same process over and over again until you become very fast at it. When you work in the industry, it's still the same process, just very fast. Concept, colors, fabric, shapes, working out design details, first patterns, fitting, figuring out more 3D logistics, final samples.

[@jiaweima1050]

Zoe Hong thanks a lot.I guess I need plenty of practice to make it fast. Now to me .every process is very Very slow for me .i often find myself stuck at theme or fAbric,then turn over everything I picked .

[@Geostationary0rbit]

@@jiaweima1050 I hope you overcame this, I think this is is something you have to overcome in any design field and it always sucks.

[@sherryedwards695]

Yes, very helpful.

[@Ra1276]

I need to relearn how to mix colors

[@franciscohernandez6163]

thanks for the lesson

[@carolenkatha]

Amazing😮

[@bacedic]

Can you mix expensive paint with cheap paint?

[@zoehongteaches]

Price is not an indication of quality or compatibility.

[@ladykadiijha]

Wow

[@mayawrites3485]

1. nope u aren't annoying teacher I love you ❤❤ 2. can you please! please! teach us how to use water color? m really bad with water color because I've been using poster color since last 2 years and I dnt like my work being dirty and when I try water color that's what happens dirty assignment bt when I mix water color with poster color the effect goes away and it's much of poster color and water color combo and I love it!

[@zoehongteaches]

Go look in my Fundamentals Friday playlist and start with my Shading with Watercolor video. And all my rendering videos feature a way to do things with watercolor.

[@mayawrites3485]

Okey! Mam thank you 😊

[@isandidissanayaka3709]

You're lovely, cute, best teacher ☺️

[@asarehane]

❤️ this !

[@jlm517rocks]

A teeny bit of vaseline around the cap will keep it from getting stuck.

[@zoehongteaches]

That doesn't affect the paint when things accidentally get all on top of each other?

[@phichultes1]

Thank you Zoe for another helpful video! I have a watercolor pan set that I find problematic to get vibrant colors because its too watery and everything gets worst when mix colors because you need to put water and scrub your brush harder in pan to get a more opaque color that its still watery. To get a fair amount of a specific color (skintones) I had a lot of work mixing a lot of colors (my pallete its limited) for something thats still translucent. So I decided move on to paints and now I see so much difference! Its beautiful and less time consuming task and I get opaque or watery easily! I will try to replicate those effects in Photoshop and see what I'll get! premierart.com.au/image/cache/data/PW/PW715-500x500.jpg Its beautiful for ethereal and simple art that dont require a lots of shades or mixing colors but for me doesn't work at all

[@zoehongteaches]

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of the pan watercolors for the kind of work that I do. I'm not a watercolor artist, it's important to me to be able to mix larger quantities of a very specific color so tube paints are my preference.

[@oreganoh4094]

I still come back to this video. Oddly enough I needed to figure out what colors to get to match the pansexual flag and those colors look suspiciously like the CMY colors and Zoe is even using the same windsor and newton cotman colors that I'm using. I've been learning a lot more about color theory and mixing colors in the last year. There's still a lot of good information in this video and I like coming back to watch it again.

[@faezeha3486]

tnx

[@littlefarrie]

i wished i had watched this video before buying new tubes of watercolors :(

[@derismiccube2414]

*Sees artist using cmy* Ah, I see you’re a man of culutre as well

[@zoehongteaches]

gph.is/11oZbin

[@derismiccube2414]

Zoe Hong lmao

[@swarner3470]

I'm good at mixing but I have like 80 different color tubes 😂 and 5 different watercolor sets from several brands.

[@zoehongteaches]

Do you have an art supply buying addiction like I do? hahaha~

[@redneckwalrus6694]

2x speed sound off

[@zanerobbins7604]

"Painting is more expensive than marker rendering" WAT who said that????

[@tanzinakhasruchoity2680]

2000th number like😎

[@netsaosa4973]

i use teeth to open my tubes

[@mosesjoe3763]

Nooo, your poor teeth... 😬🦷

[@obeythessquid6484]

Oof thank you

[@zoehongteaches]

you're welcome!

[@PiNumberblocksBasherFan]

Yellow should be 4 o' clock as the hue suggests.