help with color intensity?

Question

okay, i know about intensity, like orange with blue, yellow with purple, and so on, colors across from each other, but like take blue and orange for example, with red and yellow, you make orange, do you put blue to orange or blue to orange to make an intensity chart?

i mean how to darken/control color intensity by adding blue and orange..the complements of each other on the color wheel, blue to range or orange to blue?

sorry to be more specific, my teacher said to create an intensity scale, like take yellow and purple for instance, the person started out with yellow and then darker yellow, and then he ended with purple, is that possible? like if I use blue and orange to make orange end on blue. do i add little bit of blue to orange or a little bit of orange to blue?

Answer 1

The color pairs you're talking about are called "complements."
Placed next to each other, each makes the other look brighter (when orange is right next to blue, both the orange and the blue look brighter.)
Now, when mixed, complements dull each other.
So if you start with orange and add a little blue, the orange becomes a bit duller. The more blue added, the duller it becomes (until at the opposite end of the scale, it becomes totally blue).
To make a chart, I suggest (using the examples) placing the orange on one side of your paper or canvas and the blue on the other; paint a square of each, then start with either mixing in a little of its complement and work your way across to the other color (say, start with orange, paint a square, add a little blue, paint another square, add more blue and paint another square, and keep going until you reach the pure blue. Hopefully with a smooth transition in degrees from one color to another.
Do this with all your pairs.
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Color Intensity Scale

Answer 3

Your question is confusing. "...do you put blue to orange or blue to orange to make an intensity chart?"

I think you're talking about creating a chromatic gray chart (by mixing complementary colors) but I don't know what you need help with. Clarify.

OK. What you're making is called a chromatic grey chart. You choose two complementary colors (yellow/purple, orange/blue, red/green) and mix them to create muted versions of each with a chromatic grey occuring when you start to mix equal amounts of each color. To make a chart, do the following:

Choose two complementary colors.
Draw a rectangle that is 7 inches long by 1 inch wide.
Divide the rectangle into 7 equal squares, each 1 inch by 1 inch.
Using red and green as an example, fill in square 1 with pure red. Fill in square 7 with pure green. Mix the following proportions of red/green for each square.
Square 2 will be 5 parts red, 1 part green.
Square 3 will be 4 parts red, 2 parts green.
Square 4 will be 3 parts red, 3 parts green.
Square 5 will be 2 parts red, 4 parts green.
Square 6 will be 1 part red, 5 parts green.

When you're done, you will have a red/green chromatic grey (or intensity) chart.

Answer 4

If you mix the same amount of blue and orange together, that would be a complementary neutral. If you still mix the same two colors with different amounts each time, there would be several outcomes of the cooler and warmer colors. That is just a part of mixing complementary colors.

From what I've learned recently, color intensity relates to the brightness [richness] of the color, for instance, the color that comes out directly from a tube of paint or something like that.

Answer 5

Intensity means how strong a color is, like soft blue and bright blue. You are confused.