Green saturationstudies

Studies in Saturation: Prismatic color

Muted ColorChromatic Grays

Thomas Green

In this color wheel, the outermost colors are the most saturated and the ones in the middle are the

least saturated.

There are specific names for these different saturations.

Prismatic

Prismatic

Muted

Prismatic

Muted

ChromaticGray

Prismatic

Muted

ChromaticGray

AchromaticGray

Prismatic Prismatic

AchromaticGray

MutedMuted

ChromaticGray

ChromaticGray

Here is a single stepped gradient from one prismaticcomplement to the other.

As in all gradients, there are an infinitenumber of colors between the

two prismatic colors.

When you set up these saturationgradients using all the complements

on a 12 step color wheel it lookssomething like this:

However, if you let the gradienthave an infinite number of steps as

in a smooth gradient, you will see thatnot all the achromatics are directly on top

of each other.

You should also noticethat there are definitevalue differences inthe gradients and

their different steps.

When creating your saturation studiesfor the Color Assignment 1, be sure you

pay attention to these differences in value.

Muted Colors with a Variety of Hues and Values

Chromatic Grays with a Variety of Hues and Values

Prismatic with a Variety of Hues and Values

Prismatic Colors with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of ValuesHigh Key

Prismatic Colors with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of ValuesLow Key

Muted Colors with a Variety of Hues and Values

Muted Colors with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of ValuesLow Key

Muted Colors with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of ValuesHigh Key

Chromatic Grays with A Variety of Hues and Values

Chromatic Grays with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of ValuesHigh Key

Chromatic Grays with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of ValuesLow Key

Achromatic Grays with Variety of Values