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Color Schemes - NEUTRAL |
This beautiful sets of color schemes are the natural results of neutralizing colors by mixing them with their respective complementary. Hence, to "tone down" a color, you must mix it with its complementary. To obtain a wider palette of these colors, get tints (color + white) or shades (color + black.)
Many artists used this scheme to paint preliminary studies of paintings or to convey a soft, earthly atmosphere to their compositions.
The Ocean,
by James
McNeill Whistler,
1866. Oil on canvas The Frick Collection |
Tobit accuses
Anna of stealing the goat, Rembrandt, 1645, Oil on panel Private Collection |
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