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Gray Scale Color Wheels

EXPLAIN A COLORWHEEL

Here is the RCW, YMC-RGB tint color wheel,  in gray scale.
Real Color Wheel tintsReal Color wheel tint Grayscale

Below is the computer RGB shade color wheel and it's gray scale image.
It doesn't work for pigment artists because adding black pigment effects colors incorrectly.
RGB colorwheel, shadeRGB colorwheel gray scale

Below is the Real Color Wheel (RCW) with the yellow to red being a warm brown before black,
and cyan shades to Ultramarine Blue before going black.

This changes the RGB/YMC color wheel into a Real Color Wheel for pigment artists.
Real Color WheelReal Color Wheel Grayscale

Here is the complete RCW in hexadecimal codes and color included with the grayscale.

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edu., art: Paint anything in front of you with accurate colors. Use a new, different, color wheel and palette that matches the light and shadows with pigments.



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