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Richard Monro · 10-29-2007, 05:10 PM

Now if we could only note on the Munsell color wheel, where actual tube colors lie, we would have the best of all worlds.

I have learned something new from the discussion in this thread. For more than 50 years I have been using complements or split complements to gray my primaries. Having a neutral gray makes a lot of sense. It is such a simple idea, one wonders why we haven't thought of it before.

Question for Marvin: do you use an actual neutral gray or just a touch of black? If a neutral gray, what value do you recommend?

10-29-2007, 05:10 PM	#5
Richard Monro Juried Member Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 388	Now if we could only note on the Munsell color wheel, where actual tube colors lie, we would have the best of all worlds. I have learned something new from the discussion in this thread. For more than 50 years I have been using complements or split complements to gray my primaries. Having a neutral gray makes a lot of sense. It is such a simple idea, one wonders why we haven't thought of it before. Question for Marvin: do you use an actual neutral gray or just a touch of black? If a neutral gray, what value do you recommend?