Ch 7 Premixing

premixed paints are called a color string
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free mixing=mixing colors as you go

The Reily Method 10 tonal steps for each hue
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Gamut Mapping; all of the colors needed for  a given painting is called the gamut; good color isnt just which colors you use but the colors you leave out
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gamut mapping is when you mark a shape on the color wheel to define whats going to be included and left out of a painting, similar to filtering but you have more control
 (tringle is most common shape for gamut mapping but other shapes can be used),
to use this premix the oil paints and dont touch the tubes again, this ill harmonie your colors
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saturation cost is the fact that secondaries are greyer (lower in chroma) than primaries
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color scripting: in sequential art it is important to think about surrounding color schemes, use a color script to intentionally make color gamuts match the story and its changing moods
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