Paintings have color mixtures {color, painting}|.
colors
Primary pigments are blue, yellow, and red. Colors can be similar {analogous, color}.
brightness
Color has lightness or darkness {value, color}. Color can mix with white {tint}. Red with white makes pink. Color can mix with black {shade, color}. Red with black makes burgundy.
saturation
Colors can have less whiteness.
pigment mixing
Complementary colors mix to brown: red and green, orange and blue, and yellow and violet.
warm and cool colors
Red, orange, and yellow are warm colors. Green, blue, and violet are cool colors.
Warm colors and/or intense colors appear closer {advancing color}. Cool colors and/or dull colors appear farther {receding color}.
Warm colors and/or intense colors appear more exciting. Cool colors and/or dull colors appear more calming.
Warm pigments have higher saturation and lighter value than cool pigments have.
contrast
Adjacent large regions increase contrast. Small regions in large regions acquire large-region color {assimilation, color}. Adjacent small regions mix colors.
illumination spectrum and brightness
Color changes with illumination. Studio painters like daylight from north. Outdoor painters like south-France daylight. Paintings in galleries and homes have illumination that differs from original illumination.
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