I chose the complimentary colors yellow and blue (opposites on the CYM color wheel) as my parent colors for my desaturation scale. Each color swatch is a square inch and was hand mixed/painted.
Detail of desaturation scale.
Color wheel and greyscale values.
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Color Theory

During the color theory portion of last semester's studio, we created color wheels and desaturation scales by mixing different proportions of only cyan, magenta, yellow, black, and white paint.