Quick Tip 268 - Color Bias

[@claychick100]

Oh my gosh! This was the best explanation I have ever heard on warm/cool colors and color bias. Thank you so much for taking the mystery out of this. You are such a good teacher...love your quick tips.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks. I'm glad this one gave you clarity.

[@eileensmyth5250]

Actually, it's wrong.

[@jeffdeluca1153]

I just began oil painting and got my first surprise when ultramarine deep and cadmium red medium didn't yield purple. Had no idea of bias so off to youtube. And found you! Dianne I LOVE your teachings! You are a sheer joy to watch! God Bless you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Oh wow! Thanks!

[@Watermark000]

Hey, Dianne. I am a beginner to the world of Art and recently started a weekly drawing and painting class. but that's far not enough. Really appreciate you are doing this online and get your valuable knowledge/skills across. I got a much clearer idea on color wheel and color bias from this video. very helpful! Thank you very much. Cheers

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure. Enjoy your drawing and painting class.

[@OkieSketcher1949]

This perhaps the best explanation of color ‘temperature’ or bias. Thank you. Great short class.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Awesome, thank you!

[@eileensmyth5250]

She's wrong, though. Read Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green.

[@alkasethi6615]

You explained this in simple and logical manner....thank you so much!!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@1sacoyle]

One of the most important aspects of knowing a paint out of the tube color is what colors make up that color. Say for instance that you want a nice purple. Most any mixture of red and blue with give you some form of purple. In this case, to avoid a muddy purple mix Ultra marine blue (contains blue and red) & quinacridone magenta. (contains red and blue). There are no complementary colors in this mix. As you know complements when combined create "mud" . I would love to see Diane delve into this concept to help beginners.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I have delved into it throughout the Quick Tips and in several courses on the Academy. Complements mixed together don't create mud. Mud happens as a result of poor value contrast and poor color harmony.

[@dono1606]

Thx Dianne! You are so good in explaining what seems to me as complicated. After I watch your videos - Now I get it!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I'm so glad! Thanks for watching.

[@danm94]

I like that palette ❤️🧡💛💚💙. Wonderful explanation, Dianne, we thank you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome!

[@davidgupta9248]

You have explained this colour concept so beautifully!!👌 You are an excellent instructer!!👌I'm so glad that I have found you!!👍 Thank you for showing us this theory probably in the best way & easy too!👍.. take care and stay blessed Dianne!💐

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure 😊 And thanks!

[@d.s.jackson8490]

Much appreciated as always! This Quick Tip 268- Color Bias, now has a pin link on my related Pinterest board :-)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great! Thank you!

[@d.s.jackson8490]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction You are most welcome! The Finest Art is Positive Spirit Shared! I'm happy to help :-)

[@isadorafreespirit]

Thank you for your most clear explanations I now have grabbed the significance of the color wheel You really describe it so simple Thanks 💕

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Wonderful!

[@pattycyr8662]

Excellent presentation!!!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.

[@dchurch2012]

Another excellent video! I am so glad you chose yellow as your "demonstration color"; I find it difficult sometimes to find a spectral yellow based on the color name of the manufacturer; I use Winsor Newton quite a bit so now I know which tube to get; Really good explanation and demonstration. Thank You!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great! I'm always delighted when one of these Tips gives clarity.

[@karenhoward303]

Thank you Diane, all of these color theory tips are SO helpful.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I am delighted. Thanks for watching.

[@wingsuifish]

謝謝！

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

THANK YOU, @yu CHEN !

[@mrs.grannynails6179]

Thank you Dianne ... that lesson was very helpful and very well explained.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks. So glad it was helpful.

[@ginger9898]

Fantastic explanation. Great video and content.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Much appreciated!

[@katesmith5010]

Thanks Dianne...before I watched this, my first thought was about the preference or bias artists might have for certain color schemes...like many of us do for clothing or jewelry, haha...good video👍

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

😊 Thanks.

[@lindaargenti4612]

Thanks, Diane. That was so helpful!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

So glad!

[@stanTrX]

Thanks! Understanding biases is a very hard concept to me.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Once you develop the habit of identifying colors by their hue names, bias will become easer to identify.

[@El_Sharko_]

AMAZING explanation! Thank you! You've got yourself a new subscriber :)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Welcome aboard!

[@irasemapanizzo]

Muchísimas gracias.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@tica506]

Thanks for the help on color bias explanation, didn’t know this .. can you tell me please if i want to have vibrant colors for a sunset for example and I want it to be gradient having vibrant yellow, orang , red , purple to blue… so I need to mix colors that has more red to the paint correct? Could you recommend what color pigments can I use.. do I use magenta , what yellow, purple and blue do you suggest. Thanks so much for your help. I always end up with dull colors. Thanks

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It's not just the hue we use to create vibrant sunsets, but the degrees of saturation. The saturation gradation of the hues at the same value plays the largest role in creating the vibrancy we see. The hues we use depend upon what we observe happening in the particular sunset we are interpreting. One way to study this is to go to wikiart.org and search for luminism or luminist painters and study the gradations of saturation of hues they used to communicate that brilliance.

[@kimlanoue2033]

Dianne, I have a question for you. You did a video on shadows. Great tip. How do you mix the color for the colors white and brown? I’m just not sure what the opposite colors of brown is on the color wheel is unless I look at the two colors that make up brown. That’s good for brown but white, would it be grey?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

We have a Quick Tip on brown coming out on June 10. It's called Brown's not Brown, so watch for that. Brown is a low intensity warm hue (in the red to orange to yellow range), so it's already got a lot of its complement in it. The shadows on brown, depending upon which warm hue is its bias, will require a bit more of that complement. For example, if the "brown" is a red-orange hue leaning more towards red, then the complement would be a blue-green leaning more towards green. White is not a color, but contains all colors. For the shadow of something white, we have to look at the color reflecting into that shadow. For example, on snow when the sky is clear, the blue of the sky will be reflected in the shadow. That one requires observation rather than a formula.

[@kimlanoue2033]

In the Studio Art Instruction I will look for it. Thank you so very much. You have been a tremendous help. Many blessings. Kim

[@irinatsernikova3043]

Wonderful! thank you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure, and thanks.

[@marlenemeek9030]

So helpful!!! WOW...so logical! (Love your explanations)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@اجنحةالملائكة-ض3ق]

Greetings all the way from Dubai 👐

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, and greetings from northeast Georgia, USA, Angel Ali!

[@AndrewMarloweTV]

Thankyou for this video, color wheel makes sense with good explanation 😄

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure, Andrew. I think of the color wheel as equivalent to the measuring cup in cooking. It's an invaluable tool once we learn how to use it.

[@mehrnoshkacker4816]

Thank you very much!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You're welcome!

[@barbarataylor6808]

What does it mean to have harmony and tension? I have heard that comment and wasn't sure how it applied to a painting. Thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Harmony (like in music) means that everything belongs, that the painting is in tune with itself. Most professional artists depend upon color harmony to do this. Tension means that there are strong contrasts either in color, value, opposing shapes, opposing directions, or images in conflict.

[@barbarataylor6808]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thank you. That helps a lot. You have so much knowledge. Thanks for sharing.

[@painterlybrushes4035]

Great 👍👍

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

😊

[@ccharlne]

Wow thank you so much! This is very helpful!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You're so welcome!

[@angelaneves9131]

I have a doubt. When do you say thin over thick, it isn’t the same rule fat over lean? Or thin can be lean, using terebintina. I thought I only could to use oil medium over the second layer. Sorry, I’m confused. Anyway, I love to watch this videos. It give me wish to go and paint . Thanks!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Fat over lean refers to the amount of oil in the paint. Oil paint does not evaporate like water soluble paints, rather the oil in it oxidizes. If a layer on top oxidizes before a layer underneath it, there is a risk that as the underneath layer oxides it will pull away from the dryer one on top and eventually the surface layer will crack an potentially fall off.

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Thank you. However, is it important to have warm and cool balance in every art?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It is important that one or the other be predominant according to the kind of light source, and that the non-dominate temperature supports the dominant. It's a good idea to avoid a 50/50 distribution of warm/cool.

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@joannelamb9908]

Thank you Diane for another really helpful tip. Have you done a quick tip on 2 colour mixing?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I have a number of Tips on color. You can browse the complete list at kzbin.info/aero/PLvx-2GtID2b4e3ECbRvzhjJTJCYAuuN3F

[@joannelamb9908]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thank you again Dianne.

[@dianalarsson1893]

🥰🙏

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@rupalimalhotra9585]

Dear Mam I would like u to show me how to paint sky colour in acrylic in three tones shaded.from light to dark. And how to make small individual clouds in canvas on sky. If u can paint and show me I would really like it as I need to paint my Canvas Thanks Rims1

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Rims1, please browse through all the Quick Tips because there are several where I gradate from light to dark and others where I show color mixing. Here's the link to all my Quick Tips: kzbin.info/aero/PLvx-2GtID2b4e3ECbRvzhjJTJCYAuuN3F Also, please watch Quick Tip 220: More About Clouds.

[@manuelaheinzmann4578]

Hallo ich habe eine frage :Das letzte Video ist schon sehr lange her machen sie noch Videos? ich bin anfänger und finde es gut was sie Erklären .Leider ist die deutsche Übersetzung sehr schlecht.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I'm not sure Google Translator translated your comment correctly and I regret that I don't know German. Yes, we make a new video every week and post a new one every Wednesday.

[@veaudor]

Just a thought, not a criticism, but.. I wonder why you don't use Cyan (Blue), which, I think might be considered a 'purer' color than, say, an ultra blue. Just saying... :*)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Good question, Veaudor. I have Rembrandt Viridian (a clear, deep, transparent blue green) on my palette that, when mixed with a bit of Ultramarine Blue, gives a lovely Cyan. So using these two, rather than Cyan, I can get variations in both directions--towards blue and towards green as well as the pure color of Cyan.

[@eileensmyth5250]

This answer is incorrect. For helpful information on color bias, see Michael Wilcox's book, Blue and Yellow don't Make Green.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I beg to differ, Eileen. If yellow and blue don't make green, what do that make?

[@eileensmyth5250]

Ugh, so disheartening, seeing how many people she's misinformed :(

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I was tempted to delete your comment, Eileen, but decided not to since having studied color all my life and having done my graduate work concentrated on color theory, I DO know what I'm talking about.

[@MadRushMusic]

380 for, 1 against.... totally funny....

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

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