The Moriarty Colour Wheel creates a completely new way of thinking about colour mixing and complementary colours. Over each wheel is placed a transparent plastic disc on which there is a curved grid that delivers the artist countless combinations for colour mixing. The resulting colours will be beautiful and harmonious.

The Moriarty Colour Wheel offers groundbreaking possibilities for artists and painters, being uniquely able to deal with both RGB and CMY formats (no black). It is the world's leading colour wheel design, having already won an award for the best new product at the Frankfurt Art Fair in 2018.

MATCH COLOUR BY:

hue – position around colour wheels (top has 36 hues; lower has 18 hues)
purity-saturation – pure to grey (top)
tone-value – light to dark, pure hues with tone scale between (lower)
pigment – by code (lower)

MIX COLOUR:

move guide to place your colour along a pathway
mix hues at both ends to create it
many pathways will cover a colour
choose pigments or use colours you have – no waste
lighten with white & darken with complementary – use to pathway
mix pure colours within sections between Cyan, Magenta & Yellow using to pathway

CREATE YOUR PERFECT COLOUR PALETTE:

choose the hue that you want to dominate
choose a hue to support your colour
move guide to place these colours on a pathway
use pathway colours to create colour combinations, as these share hues along that path, balancing similarity and difference
use colours within to pathway to centre of wheel, as these will also harmonise beautifully, creating coloured light
use complementary colours in equal proportions to create a neutral palette

COMPLEMENTARY

Hues are correctly placed as complementaries (opposite) on the colour wheel and will mix black; use to pathway
Moriarty Colour Wheel is printed without adding black (K)

PRIMARY COLOURS

Light: Red, Blue & Green (RGB)
Pigment: Cyan, Magenta & Yellow (CMY). Add red, green & ultramarine blue pigments plus titanium white for better colour mixing (see pigment codes)

Collection: Merv Moriarty

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