Now that you understand how to lighten and darken your twelve colors how do you tone them down?
Almost every color we see in our day-to-day world has been toned either a little or a lot. This makes for more appealing color combinations.
A Tone is created by adding both White and Black which is grey. Any color that is "greyed down" is considered a Tone.
Tones are somehow more pleasing to the eye. They are more complex, subtle and sophisticated.
Artists usually mix a little grey in every paint mixture to adjust the value and intensity of their pigment. Tones are the best choice for most interior decorating because they're more interesting. They work well in any Color Scheme you might plan
you can also do it in painting by adding the complementary colour - so purple tones by adding yellow (it effectively adds black or grey but not the heaviness)
this is wonderful. as someone who supposedly does not see all the colors there are out there, i find these to be not only beautiful but fascinating. my son, jason, who also is color deficient, wore a helmet while in the army that stimulated his brain so he could see all the colors - he said he did not want to take it off and that he cried because the world was so beautiful. he only had it on for a few minutes. i wish i could try it on, too, just to see what i have never seen. but as they say, you don't miss what you don't know.
WOW ... beautiful collage! Your scenery shots in this are awesome. What would the world be like without tones! Alot more blah and boring, I think. Love your info ... should make us all appreciate the beautiful colors and tones that we see every day.
