I finally finished the warm color matrix last night. I finished the shades for the tertiary colors. This has been quite the exercise but it has been well worth it. Now I have some idea how to get the color I want. This matrix provides 84 different colors, shades and tints but there are still lots of colors this matrix doesn't cover. For now this gives me a good start. I will, at some point in the future, do this again for the cool colors.
When I do this again, I will start off more slowly on the tints. There is a big difference between the pure color and the first tint which was done at a 1:1 mix of the pure color and Titanium white. Next time I will start with a 2:1 ratio of the pure color to titanium white. The shades don't use the ratio I marked along the side. When you start shading (darkening) a color, it darkens quickly. It doesn't take much of the complementary color to really darken a color so it is best to add just a very little bit, mix it up and then add more if needed. Just like the saying goes in carpentry, measure twice and cut once, in paint mixing, start light and work toward darker. Once you darken it, you can't lighten it again. Well, technically you can because you can add more of the original color you are trying to darken but it will take a lot of that color to lighten it again.
The warm color matrix
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