Paint study for New Gamboge from Daniel Smith
Experimenting with a new way of sharing raw data coming back from the analysis algorithm of the ArtOrgTool application. This raw data are the reference HSL values collected for swatches of Daniel Smith’s New Gamboge watercolor paint.
Swatch survey of Raspberry from Sheep & Sundry
Using swatch analysis tool to determine HSL values for Sheep & Sundry Raspberry swatches.
Featured Paint: Raspberry from Sheep & Sundry
Featuring Raspberry from independent paint manufacturer, Sheep & Sundry. This paint can be seen at the following link on ArtOrgTool. Made of pigments PBr7 and PR122, the Sheep and Sundry Etsy shop states; “A highly pigmented cool red, Raspberry gives you the tinting strength and saturation of quinacridone magenta with the texture, handling and easy lifting of an earth pigment. The earth pigment slightly mutes the magenta without losing its saturation or utility as a mixing color.”
Swatch analysis for New Gamboge from Daniel Smith
Using swatch analysis tool to determine HSL values for Daniel Smith New Gamboge swatches. More information about the reference HSL can be found in the following post title Refining reference HSL value for swatch.
Featured Paint: New Gamboge from Daniel Smith
New Gamboge from Daniel Smith, the featured watercolor paint of the week, can be found at the following link on ArtOrgTool. Made of pigments PY 97 and PY 110, the Daniel Smith product page states; “It’s a transparent organic pigment from the yellow to orange zone of your color wheel. More staining than Yellow Ochre and equal in tinting ability to Raw Sienna.”
Refining reference HSL value for swatch
The reference HSL value of a paint is the output of an algorithm that produces a hue, saturation, lightness (HSL) value of a given swatch of that paint. This isn’t an “exact” value for the paint and can change from swatch to swatch. ArtOrgTool uses the reference HSL to mark the paint on a colorwheel and determine similar and complementary paints.
Color Touchstones
In his video on Choosing Colors, Peter Donahue aka Color Nerd, discusses four touchstone pigments. Peter doesn’t use the north, east, south, west comparision, but these pigments can stand as cardinal anchors for the color wheel.