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color studio

mix, match and name colors on a living wheel. start with the three primaries and find out why they hold together.

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what you learn

the twelve-step wheel and where the primaries sit
complements, and why opposite colors make each other louder
value: how light or dark a color is, and why it matters more than hue
building a palette by ratio, not by taste

in the werkstatt system

the method

every exercise here follows the same four moves.

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lessons in the color studio

1two colors that vibratecolor studio · 5 minutes · find two colors that seem to shimmer where they meet.2find the complementcolor studio · 4 minutes · name the complement of your favourite color without looking it up.3one primary, two neutralscolor studio · 6 minutes · build a palette from one primary color, paper and ink.

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form lab

draw with a ruler and a compass. build a chair, a teapot or a poster from nothing but basic shapes.

type room

set a headline in lowercase sans. learn weight, tracking and the grid by moving real letters.