Color Saturations

1. Studies in Saturation:
Prismatic color
Muted Color
Chromatic Grays
Thomas Green

2. In this color wheel, the outermost colors are the most saturated
and the ones in the middle are the least saturated.
There are specific names for these different saturations.

3. Prismatic

4. Prismatic
Muted

5. Prismatic
Muted
Chromatic
Gray

6. Prismatic
Muted
Chromatic
Gray
Achromatic
Gray

7. Prismatic Prismatic
Achromatic
Gray
MutedMuted
Chromatic
Gray
Chromatic
Gray
Here is a single stepped gradient from one prismatic
complement to the other.

8. As in all gradients, there are an infinite
number of colors between the
two prismatic colors.

9. When you set up these saturation
gradients using all the complements
on a 12 step color wheel it looks
something like this:

11. However, if you let the gradient
have an infinite number of steps as
in a smooth gradient, you will see that
not all the achromatics are directly on top
of each other.

14. You should also notice
that there are definite
value differences in
the gradients and
their different steps.

19. When creating your saturation studies
for the Color Assignment 1, be sure you
pay attention to these differences in value.

21. Muted Colors with a Variety of Hues and Values

22. Chromatic Grays with a Variety of Hues and Values

23. Prismatic with a Variety of Hues and Values

24. Prismatic Colors with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of Values
High Key

25. Prismatic Colors with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of Values
Low Key

27. Muted Colors with a Variety of Hues and Values

28. Muted Colors with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of Values
Low Key

29. Muted Colors with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of Values
High Key

31. Chromatic Grays with A Variety of Hues and Values

32. Chromatic Grays with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of Values
High Key

33. Chromatic Grays with a Variety of Hues and a Narrow Range of Values
Low Key

35. Achromatic Grays with Variety of Values