I almost lost my cool when my professor told me we were doing color charts. I mentally rolled my eyes, not to be a snob but I'm a junior art major and I took color theory my first semester at FIT and well I just don't waannnna do it. However, I did feel an odd sense of accomplishment as I slowly removed all the tape to see the perfectly perfect squares underneath. Though they are pretty to look at, their real purpose is used in painting from life, you are supposed to try and match the color you are seeing to a color on the chart then adjust accordingly, white to lighten, black to darken, gray to desaturate, etc. I feel like I'm better off just mixing the way my brain subconsciously knows rather than trying to create a formula. These charts will come in handy when picking color pallets for my final series this semester.
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