Colour Wheel
In the excitement of IMATS, I forgot about something I did a week or two ago.
I wanted to play with colour and instead of just picking some colours, I dug out my colour wheel. It’s just a small one that I picked up at Michaels, and it is a few layers deep with cutouts showing colour combinations based on colour theory.
A color wheel (also referred to as a color circle) is a visual representation of colors arranged according to their chromatic relationship. Begin a color wheel by positioning primary hues equidistant from one another, then create a bridge between primaries using secondary and tertiary colors.
I decided to attempt a triad. I’m not really sure how I feel about the end result, but I definitely had fun trying to figure out how I might make it work. The core colours used were three eye shadows from MAC; Red Brick, Violet Trance and Lime. Red Brick and Lime are both Pro items, and Violet Trance is limited edition (recently released with the Makeup Art Cosmetics collection).
Triad: Teracotta-Indigo-Lime
In terms of self evaluation:
- the inner highlight could have been blended more thoroughly
- sharper definition in the crease
- BROWWWWWWWWWWWS! they have since been cleaned up, lol
I love this. It came out beautifully if you ask me.
Thank you. :] I’ve thought about trying it again.. different colours maybe.
Love the look. I need to pick up a color wheel after work.
Thanks, I had fun with it. :]
Colour wheels are awesome.. great for inspiration.