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Gagnon Color Wheel
Gagnon Value Scale
Gagnon Chroma Scale

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Artworks Basic 1.9.3.9

Virtual Composition Software with "real time" color analysis for Art

Artworks Basic is a virtual composition tool providing "real time" analysis for art. Its unique features are tailor made to help you advance your color knowledge and help you put that knowledge to practice when painting.

Features include the world's first "virtual method" to study color composition and a virtual color reference system to study lighting and color effects, an interactive canvas window to frame pleasing compositions, a grid overlay for drawing proportions, a "golden mean" composition grid to arrange focal points in your composition, grisaille underlay tools and controls, basic photo-editing filters, and painting effects filters to help with style.

What's more, the software comes with a printed color wheel, value scale, and chroma scale to help you interpret screen colors, plan color schemes, and mix colors reliably and accurately (see details below). These charts alone add considerable value to the the product.

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Gagnon Color Wheel

Included with Artworks Basic

The Gagnon Color Wheel (Gonyeau) has 32 complement hues, grouped into eight (8) hue families, and arranged opposite each other in the traditional form of a circle.

The difference between this color wheel and a traditional color wheel for mixing paints is that the hues are arranged into eight hue families based upon "golden mean" proportions and they are "gray balanced" upon optical behaviors... not pigment behaviors.

The benefit is that you can use this color wheel to interpret screen colors, make color notes, share color solutions, plan color arrangements, and mix colors using our three stage method.

When mixing color with paints, you can use this color wheel with value scale and chroma scale (see below), as a consistent frame of reference to mix hundreds of subtle colors. These charts save you time, help you build confidence, and it reduce waste.

Quality Printing: Gray balanced using the Gagnon method and precisely* measured with spectrophotometer, this color wheel is reliably printed with "light fast" archival inks on acid free paper and laminated for protection from environmental influences.

Dimensions: 11.5 cms x 16 cms or 4.5 " x 6.25 "

Other Notes: The Gagnon Color Wheel is a gray balanced for both "real time" (digital) and "real world" (pigment) media. It works hand-in-hand with the "real time" color study tools in Artworks Basic. The software comes with a Color Tutorial that explains how to use this chart.

Also, the chroma for each color is High 8 (H8). This is more than high enough for most "real world" art applicaitons.


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Gagnon Value Scale - 16 Half Tone Grays

Included with Artworks Basic

The Gagnon Value Scale has 16 half-tone gray levels arranged in steps from dark to light. The highest value on this printed scale is "8+" which is approximately 86% using CIE L*a*b* (D65) and it represents a lightness range of 85% to 90% light. This is more than sufficient to measure the lightest values when painting.

Use this scale to convert screen values into pigment values, measure the value on pigment surfaces, and mix color to controlled values with artist paints, pastels, and pencils.

NOTE ABOUT WHITE:

Paper white generally ranges between 90% to 95% L*a*b* (D65) and it is classified as Gagnon "W". Also, the whites on a computer screen that represent 96% to 100% light are classified as Gagnon "W+".

The Real Time Color Info window in the software tells you when the colors are "W" and "W+".

NOTE ABOUT BLACK:

Black is Gagnon "K" and "K+" representing 0% to 9% light. The Real Time Color Info window in the software tells you when the colors are "K" and "K+".

Dimensions: 4 cms x 17 cms or 1.5" x 6.625"


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Gagnon Chroma Scale - 16 Hues

Included with Artworks Basic

The Gagnon Chroma Scale includes every second hue from the 32 hues in the Gagnon Color Wheel.

Each of the purest hues (H8) on this chart matches its equivalent on the color wheel. For example, R1 (H8) on this chart is the exact same chroma as R1 on the color wheel.

Each hue on the Chroma Scale ranges from Low 2 (L2) to High 8 (H8) and maintains the exact same "value" level as its purest hue. For example, the value for P1 is 3+ so the value for each of the chroma steps from L2 to H8 for the hue P1 is 3+.

This is a handy, practical tool with more than enough accuracy to control the low, middle, and high chroma intensities when mixing color with paints, pastels, and pencils.

Dimensions: 11.5 cms x 16 cms or 4.5 " x 6.25 "


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