Moriarty Colour Wheel
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Moriarty Colour Wheel - a definitive guide
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It's so easy
MATCH colour by:
- hue – position around colour wheels (top has 36 hues; lower has 18 hues)
- purity-saturation – pure to grey (top)
- tone-value – light to dark, pure hues with tone scale between (lower)
- pigment – by code (lower)
MIX colour:
- move guide to place your colour along a pathway
- mix hues at both ends to create it
- many pathways will cover a colour
- choose pigments or use colours you have – no waste
- lighten with white & darken with complementary – use
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pathway - mix pure colours within sections between Cyan, Magenta & Yellow using
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pathway
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CREATE your perfect colour palette:
- choose the hue that you want to dominate
- choose a hue to support your colour
- move guide to place these colours on a pathway
- use pathway colours to create colour combinations, as these share hues along that path, balancing similarity and difference
- use colours within to pathway to centre of wheel, as these will also harmonise beautifully, creating coloured light
- use complementary colours in equal proportions to create a neutral palette
Complementary
- Hues are correctly placed as complementaries (opposite) on the colour wheel and will mix black; use to pathway
- Moriarty Colour Wheel is printed without adding black (K)
Primary Colours
- Light: Red, Blue & Green (RGB)
- Pigment: Cyan, Magenta & Yellow (CMY). Add red, green & ultramarine blue pigments plus titanium white for better colour mixing (see pigment codes)
How to use the Moriarty Colour Wheel
Watch the video below for step-by-step instructions
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