How to See Colour as Value 

Extremely value-able demonstration.

Paul is one of the best if not the best art teacher on the web. You won’t find an atelier that does better. He consistently teaches the details that all artists need to know. Great work Paul

I just use my 10.5 inch Tab camera in greyscale mode to look at my painting from time to time to make decisions concerning value of the colours that I want to tweak a little to get a better painting. Also, I use a glass with neutral grey 5 painted paper beneath it as palette for mixing my paint. Squinting eyes helps in knowing roughly whether the colour is darker or lighter than neutral grey 5 and roughly how much in either direction. Being too accurate is not necessary for my spontaneity in painting. But it certainly helps to check from time to time the painting in greyscale through tab camera. Making adjustments in value accordingly benefits overall painting outcome. Same thing can be used in mobile phone too, though screen is smaller.

This is exactly was i was looking for, thank you

got a great tip use diaper wipes to clean your knife between color mixes .

Very nicely explained how to check the value and or match the color shade for your painting. Thanks.

Excellent instruction! Thx.

Helpful. Thanks.

Nice to see a color isolator in action.

Terrific! Thanks.

Paul, Is "chroma" in the Munsell system the equivalent of "tone" in other systems (i.e., in the common parlance of tone, tint, shade, and hue)? Is "chroma" a term really only used in the Munsell system? BTW, you have a lovely blog.

this is awesome, thanks!🎉

what colour is the isolator?

and I believe you play finger-style guitar as well. Classical? Thank you for the instruction

good info but i allmost fainted when i saw your nails. are those palet knife life hacks?

Why do I notice color hues first but not their values?? Is my brain hard-wired to see this way? I believe it is a female thing, from our hunter-gatherer ancient history times. Most of the sources or videos I’ve seen discussing values are written or done by men, to whom I believe value perception comes more easily. Does anyone else experience this?

Hmm... Seems good but the paint dries darker, doesn't it? How do you guess the colour/shade/value change for it drying?

Amazing

Make a color checker or buy one from GenevaFineArt.com

May you upload a video on chroma? It is intrigue...

a cosa serve mettere il colore sulla cartina trasparente?

How to see colours as values; become colourblind

Nice video, how are you Paul??

play 2X speed... for faster squint!!!!

Isn't that how life works? You do 4 samples and they are dark. But once you get the right shade, the camera decides to go out of focus!

Final color is too bright, doesn’t match

Che colori sono

Hai qualche spiegazione scritta dove posso tradurre la spiegazione?. Grazie

ce colori sono? non capisco le parole perche sono italiana

Is that a roblox logo?

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