Watercolor Basics - Color Temperature
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Color Temperature

  • Generally, both red and yellow are considered warm, while blue is indisputably cool.

  • More specifically, warm and cool colors are relative to where a color falls on the color wheel.

  • The warmest color is red-orange and the coolest color is blue-green.

  • Everything between those two points has a slightly warmer color on one side of it and a slightly cooler
    one on the other.

  • Its neighbor is either warmer or cooler depending on the direction you are going.

Glossary of Watercolor Terms




Mixing Color
  • In the Palette
  • On the Paper

Pigment  Properties

Color Values
  • High Key
  • Low Key
  • Full Contrast

Alternate Color Wheels
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