On the right are the student’s reference materials - two pages of chips from Munsell Book of Color.
Subsequently painted vertical rows ( C) show that adding gray of any value to a hue (in this case, yellow) lowers the chroma. Chroma: The second row of paint swatches on student Carin Gerard’s palette ( B) is a grayscale progression. Once this nomenclature and concept were understood, one could see light bulbs turning on as students began to comprehend the practical value of limiting guesswork when attempting to re-create color accurately in their works. And since adding gray to a color progressively neutralizes its hue, lower numbers indicate more gray high chroma and higher numbers indicate less gray ( B and C).” By way of example, 7.5YR/2 is understood to be a combination yellow-red color with a value of 7.5 and a chroma of 2.
“Chroma uses a 16-step sequence that’s based on the amount of gray existent. “For charting value, the numbers range from zero (darkest) to 10 (lightest),” he pointed out. Parrish addressed the notations students would be using to identify and accurately log their individual recipes. Value string: The first exercise Graydon Parrish gives his workshop students is to create a gray value scale or string. This value string was transferred to a wooden paint stirrer for personal reference ( A): A. Using color specification sheets and sample chips as guides, students mixed and matched these pigments in varying degrees to create a 9.5 value string ranging from dark or 0.5 (pure black) to 9.5 or light (pure white). “When mixing colors using the Munsell system, you begin by deciding on the correct value-the lightness or darkness of a color,” said Parrish, who demonstrated by creating a neutral gray progression to match printed color samples culled from the class’s working bible, Munsell Book of Color, a two-volume binder with 1,605 removable glossy chips.Įach student then made three pools of color: a blend of titanium white (W) and ivory black (B), W and burnt umber (BU) and W and raw umber (RU). Intense or saturated color has a high chroma grayed-down colors have a lower chroma. It’s important to be able to identify and duplicate values accurately because values contribute up to 80 percent of a painting’s effectiveness and will guarantee you a convincing illusion of truth.” The other two key elements he addressed were hue, which is the actual color or pigment (red, yellow, blue, etc.), and chroma, which refers to the intensity or saturation of a color. Stressing the importance of a clear understanding of color theory, Parrish explained, “Painting is only convincing to the extent that it can communicate. Parrish set the tone on the first day by announcing that the workshop would be a collaboration: “We, as a class, represent a variety of levels and artistic experiences,” he explained, “so I would like to treat the next three weeks as a lab and encourage everyone to work at his own pace - but also to share with the class any new ideas uncovered as we progress.” With that in mind, he met privately with each student to determine his or her skill set, tailor a personal curriculum and designate homogeneous groups - ensuring that each artist would be adequately challenged.
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Munsell’s color theory is complicated, heady stuff, to say the least, but after three weeks of intensive study under Parrish’s guidance, each student had completed a complex series of color-mixing and painting exercises and came away with an arsenal of workable solutions for identifying color by its dimensions of value, hue, and chroma. One summer Parrish introduced 15 eager participants to the practical use of this unique, numeric system for accurately describing every color that exists.
Parrish, a realist painter in the classical tradition, has for many years resolutely researched the color theories of painter Albert Henry Munsell (1858–1918), the creator of a color system based on rigorous studies of how we perceive color. That’s why Graydon Parrish’s workshops based on Albert Henry Munsell’s color theory are so valued by his students. Even experienced artists are sometimes left scratching their heads. Attempting to get the colors right on a painting, with variations of value, hue and intensity, just adds to the complexity. The task is difficult enough when trying to match the color of a room’s walls. You don’t have to be an artist to experience frustration in trying to capture a particular color. Demystifying color theory, Graydon Parrish introduces students to Albert Henry Munsell’s concepts.
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