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What colors do you favor? What names do you give them or are they given?
Start with the color name, then the description and do this by giving percentages of the primary colors which comprise each color.
Remember on a multiple color wheel, shades of "grey" or other shades, tones, and whatnot are given different descriptive categories, such as polychromatic or triadic (sometimes given other descriptive terminology). Here is a Wikepedia article on color schemes.
So to demonstrate an example of some of the color names you might describe, there is indigo, scarlet, camouflage green (also sometimes known as shades of olive green), burnt umber, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, mint green, celadon, cerulean blue, magenta, and so forth. I won't describe any of these as you may want to do this if one is a color or part of a color schematic you frequently prefer to use.
I look forward to seeing your analyses, as well as the colors you like. Have fun.
HINT: you can find many color names on tubes of oil paint and acrylic paint. Paint store colors change with the season, maybe the time of day, so good luck if you choose one of those. You know, like a color called Comrade, sort of a tone of yellow ochre: yellow with a tad of purple, a bit more of white, and an advertising department with a warped sense of humor.
Start with the color name, then the description and do this by giving percentages of the primary colors which comprise each color.
Remember on a multiple color wheel, shades of "grey" or other shades, tones, and whatnot are given different descriptive categories, such as polychromatic or triadic (sometimes given other descriptive terminology). Here is a Wikepedia article on color schemes.
So to demonstrate an example of some of the color names you might describe, there is indigo, scarlet, camouflage green (also sometimes known as shades of olive green), burnt umber, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, mint green, celadon, cerulean blue, magenta, and so forth. I won't describe any of these as you may want to do this if one is a color or part of a color schematic you frequently prefer to use.
I look forward to seeing your analyses, as well as the colors you like. Have fun.
HINT: you can find many color names on tubes of oil paint and acrylic paint. Paint store colors change with the season, maybe the time of day, so good luck if you choose one of those. You know, like a color called Comrade, sort of a tone of yellow ochre: yellow with a tad of purple, a bit more of white, and an advertising department with a warped sense of humor.
