Concept · 4 steps · Structural frame

Colour

The full climb — from why we bent the rainbow into a wheel, all the way to choosing a palette that makes someone feel something. Four short steps, each with its own toy to play with.

1 Where it comes fromNewton split white light into the spectrum — drag a handle round the wheel he invented. 2 How to do itMix two paints into a real result, then add white, black or grey for tint, shade and tone. 3 Where it gets trickyWatch opposite colours collapse into mud, and train your eye on warm vs cool. 4 Out in the wildPick a scheme and repaint a whole scene into a new mood — the Fauve and Pop Art trick.

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Pop Art

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Distortion, Scale and Exaggeration