As you may know, I took input from comments Google+ and Facebook as input into this painting. I then decided to play with the three primary colors Cyan (Blue), Magenta (Red), and Yellow along with Black. You might be thinking that that's not the set of primary colors you remember from school. Isn't it Yellow, Red, and Blue? Well, you are right.
This particular set of primary colors is used by printers (both print shops and your standard inkjet or laser printers). It is also the color scheme used by some artists in an attempt to obtain very vibrant colors. This color scheme is also known as CYMK.
If you are interested in more about this color scheme, you might be interested in the following video:
It's a fun example of how YouTube can make an a subject such as color theory fun and interesting.
You might notice that each major object in the painting consists of a combination of the three major colors.
First, the curtain consists primarily of magenta (the rose color). However, highlights (where more light hits the curtain, are highlighted with yellow. The color of the shadows are deepened with blue. And of course, black is used to line the curtain folds.
Next the stuffed bunny on the left uses yellow a the primary shadow color. Then to deepen it two different shades of yellow are used. Yellow with Magenta (Red) makes a light orange color. But the deepest shadow has Yellow with Cyan (Blue). This creates several steps of color. And of course, the nose is a pink (Magenta) color.
The second stuffed animal uses a similar approach, but with magenta as the "center" color.
Finally, the bunny itself uses a mix of the three colors to work toward a gray / brown color of the rabbit fur.
How's that for color combinations. This painting only uses the following paints:
- Sennieller Opera Rose - Magenta
- Sennieller Yellow Light - Yellow
- Sennieller Cinereous Blue - Cyan
- M. Graham Raw Sienna - Light Brown
- M. Graham Burnt Umber - Dark Brown
- M. Graham Payne's Gray - Black
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