TheMoriarty Colour Wheelcreates 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.

TheMoriarty Colour Wheeloffers 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 guideto place your colour along a pathway
• mix huesat both ends to create it
• many pathwayswill cover a colour
• choose pigmentsor use colours you have no waste
• lighten with white & darken with complementary usetopathway
• mix pure colourswithin sections between Cyan, Magenta & Yellow usingtopathway

CREATE YOUR PERFECT COLOUR PALETTE:

• choosethe hue that you want to dominate

• choosea hue to support your colour

• move guideto place these colours on a pathway

• use pathway coloursto create colour combinations, as these share hues along that path, balancing similarity and difference

• use colourswithintopathway to centre of wheel, as these will also harmonise beautifully, creating coloured light

• use complementary coloursin equal proportions to create a neutral palette

COMPLEMENTARY

• Hues are correctly placed as complementaries (opposite) on the colour wheel and will mix black; usetopathway
• 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)