I started by mixing a neutral gray, consisting of the paint I had currently on my palette. By masking a section of this color wheel, you can focus on a small group of colors, and bar yourself from using any colors outside that wheel. In this particular color wheel, the outer colors are full-saturation, with the color gradually losing saturation nearing the center. I decided to see if I could create a painting based on the limited colors of a gamut mask - that is, taking a color wheel with a 'neutral tint' at the very middle, and 'masking' a section of it to focus on those colors. It seems whenever I turn to start a painting, I always go straight for the pure pigment, rarely graying anything down. Gurney mentions, by using too many pure, full-saturation colors rather than mixing and focusing on a few. I'm quite guilty of the 'fruit salad' approach that Mr. I've long attempted to use less color and try to focus on how to make a few colors work well together. Digital "Yurmby" color wheel by Fengl0ng on Deviantart, with a digital 'mask' added by myself
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