Article · Just Paint (Golden Artist Colors)
Just Six Paints: the (almost) double primary approach to a QoR color wheel
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2016
About this lesson
Builds a full, saturated watercolor wheel from six paints chosen as warm- and cool-biased primaries, explaining why each pigment was picked (e.g. a greenish yellow for greens, a magenta for violets). Mixing swatches and the finished wheel show how pigment bias keeps secondaries clean.
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