Paint Chips, Thoughts on Colour Mixing

After some thoughts on Colour Mixing, I has some more thoughts about it. You could say I was having second thoughts. The painting shown above is a continuation of the thoughts, in abstract format. At the top you see variations of red (PR254) mixed with water and carbon black (PBk6). The dark reds are maroon, and the grey versions appear to be a granite colour. In effect I was reproducing the Munsell colour system which portrays all of the possible colours out there. You may know the concept better as paint chips, the kind you find in great numbers at the paint store that help you choose a colour to paint the walls. On the bottom part of the painting, I depicted three colour wheels, one warm, one cool, and one earthy. Any one of the colours in the wheels could be inserted in the Munsell system to produce dark and grey versions. So if I wanted to create pastel turquoise, I would mix up the vivid turquoise, add some black, and add some water. It is actually a method I use when painting on location to get the complicated colours correct. Hopefully this painting, aside from being a demonstration, is also kind of neat to look at!
 

Paint Chips, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, February 2022 (No. 2977a)