Traditional RYB Artist's Color Wheel

Interactive Artist's Color Wheel & Harmonies

Explore classical 12-section Red-Yellow-Blue (RYB) pigment relationships. Discover color harmonies with geometric overlays, rotate the wheel, analyze value scales (tints, tones & shades), test subtractive color mixing, and export your custom painting palette.

12-Section RYB Wheel

Click any sector or drag to rotate

Outer ring: Shades • Middle: Pure Hues • Inner: Tints
Yellow (Pure Hue)
Primary Warm Cadmium Yellow Light
HEX: #FFDE17 rgb(255, 222, 23)

Select Color Harmony

Complementary Harmony (180° Opposite Pair)

Pairs two colors opposite each other on the RYB wheel. Produces maximum visual contrast, vibrational intensity, and dynamic energy when placed side-by-side.

🎨 Master Painting Reference: Monet's 'Impression, Sunrise' & Van Gogh's 'The Night Café'.

Tints, Tones & Shades Value Scale

In fine art painting, mastering value and chroma is essential for creating depth and atmospheric modeling. Click any swatch below to inspect its coordinates or tune lightness and saturation dynamically.

Tints (Hue + White • Lighter Value / Pastel Range) Pure → High Key Tint
Tones (Hue + Grey • Muted Chroma / Atmospheric Depth) Pure → Chromatic Grey
Shades (Hue + Black / Dark Umber • Shadow Value Depth) Pure → Low Key Shadow
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Simulated Digital Scale: In physical oil, watercolor, and acrylic painting, pigment transparency, tinting strength, and undertones create distinct behavior. For example, Titanium White increases opacity while Zinc White creates subtle glazing tints.

Subtractive Pigment Color Mixing Studio

Physical paints mix subtractively — absorbing wavelengths of light rather than emitting them. Select any two artist colors and slide the blend ratio to simulate physical paint mixing (e.g. Yellow + Blue = Green).

Color A
#FFDE17
+
Color B
#0066CC
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Subtractive Mix Result
Blend: Yellow + Blue
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Blend Ratio: 50% Yellow : 50% Blue Adjust Pigment Proportion
Pigment Mixing Disclaimer: Actual physical paint mixtures depend on whether pigments are single-pigment (e.g. PY35, PB28) or convenience mixtures, as well as vehicle transparency (oil vs. watercolor vs. gouache). Digital subtractive interpolation serves as an educational guide.

Artist's Custom Palette Builder

Save up to 8 favorite colors, test harmonious combinations, and export a high-resolution palette card image for your studio studies.

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