![]() ![]() This variety of temperature may be part of what makes green challenging to use. In the surrounding colors of a painting green may function as either a warm or cool color. But isolate this same yellow-green and they’ll identify it as a warm color. Ask anyone to divide the color wheel in half, with warm on one side and cool on the other, and almost invariably they will draw a line placing yellow on the warm side and yellow-green on the cool. Residing between the primary colors yellow and blue, directly astride the cusp of warm and cool temperatures on the color wheel, green cannot easily be classified as simply warm or cool. Often the artist knows something is off, but has trouble finding the correction. The most naïve observer can easily spot the wrong green used in a painting. This innate awareness can make using accurate and interesting greens a challenge. We’re able to distinguish more shades of green than any other color, therefore, people have an intuitive, experiential understanding of green, whether consciously or not. Green is found at the very center of the visible spectrum and is the hue to which our eyes are most responsive. Despite its connotation as a restful, natural color, it can be tricky to use. It’s as though this one color, so predominant in the landscape, holds some mystery that artists must master. Artists often express consternation over using the color green. Red is intense, yellow is cheerful, blue is peaceful, pink is romantic and green is - a problem. ![]() (With thanks to The Pastel Journal where this was originally published as "It's Not Easy Being Green" ) ![]()
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