Goof Proof Color Wheel

The last one in my series of ten color combinations that work for me. Using my color wheel, each month I featured a specific color combination to build a painting. This is the last one from my color wheel. This month - Compose Rose is the dominant color. And if you’ve been following this series, I paint with Holbein Acryla Acrylic Paint. Here’s the point about my Goof-Proof Color Wheel Chart - You can substitute any rose that is close in hue. It will work. I am often asked what other brands of paint will match my Color Wheel. For my Color Comparison Chart of Golden, Lascaux or Nova Colors, click HERE.

My color wheel simply gets you started quickly in a more successful direction early on. It works for me!

• Compose Rose is the Dominant color
• Middle Green is the Focal Point color
• Compose Blue #2 is a Spice Color around the Focal Point color
• Yellow is the second Spice Color used around the Focal Point Color

Step One: Dominant color Compose Rose plus black and white over entire area. Start composition early.

Step Two: On the spinning pointer, the second color on the color wheel will be the Focal Point Color. Everything else in the painting will support this color. This is the focal point - the place you want the viewer to see first. Emphasize the focal point color - in this case Middle Green (or similar).

Step Three: Two final colors, the Spice Colors go anywhere near the focal point color and act to spice up the focal point color. This works whether you do realistic or abstract work. Try small warmups .

I hope this series of my ten color combinations worked out as a new inspirational start in your next series of paintings. Try them, copy them and then make them your own. You’ll be okay!

For a detailed description of the Burridge Goof Proof Color Wheel, click HERE.