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A better color circle for mixing pigments

By Dean Sickler

30
Mar 2011
07:27pm

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Color circle for mixing pigments

Ives Color Circle

Use the Ives color circle (Cyan-Magenta_Yellow) for more accurate color mixing. The complement to red is cyan and the complement to green is magenta. This works better for mixing pigments than the old Red-Yellow-Blue color circle.

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