Eight-Gray Test

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Eight-Gray Test

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Grays are anything but dull and neutral. They’re the subtle chef’s sauce, the unifying ingredient, of any color scheme. And there are many ways to make them.


Here's what I used for this array of eight swatches:
 
Top row
TB: Transparent black made from Ivory black tinted with water to a middle gray
T3: Transparent blend of Cadmium Yellow Light, Quinacridone Rose, and Phthalo Blue.
T3A: Transparent blend of Cadmium Yellow Light, Pyrrole Red, and Ultramarine Blue.
LT: Three layers of transparent color: Cadmium Yellow light, Quinacridone Rose, and Phthalo Blue. Be sure to let each layer dry before adding the next one.

Bottom row
OB: Opaque black tint, from ivory black tinted with titanium white and warmed with a little yellow and red.
O3: Opaque gray made from a blend Cadmium Yellow Light, Quinacridone Rose, and Phthalo Blue, lightened with Titanium White rather than being thinned with water.
O3A: Opaque gray made from a blend of Cadmium Yellow Light, Pyrrole Red, and Ultramarine Blue, lightened with Titanium White rather than being thinned with water.
LTA: Three separate layers of Cadmium Yellow Light, Pyrrole Red, and Ultramarine Blue. Note how the gray is more active than the others, with colors vibrating.

Try it Yourself
Make a middle-value gray swatch with black tinted with water. The goal is to match that particular note with seven other grays made with different ingredients. 
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Share your results with the free Facebook Group Color in Practice.
Learn more in my Gumroad tutorial TRIADS: Painting with Three Colors.






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