RGB (red, green, and blue) which are specific light wavelengths used for displaying millions of colors on digital screens.CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) which are the inks used for reproducing a large range of colors in print.The two that you are probably already familiar with are: Inherently, Photoshop has four color models to pick from for specifying colors. The journey to create a digital color wheel begins with four color modes Note: The Munsell color system defines colors by three distinct characteristics: Hue, Value, and Chroma. In short, I wanted something like the Munsell color system for Photoshop. Easy to determine whether colors are achievable for reproduction in print (a.k.a., “within gamut”), or unattainably outside gamut - and hence should be banned from my digital palette.Easy to define the location of colors and visualize how they relate to one another in the digital universe and.Easy to access while painting in Photoshop (obviously).Questions like this launched me on a quest to find a system for accurately visualizing and then choosing digital colors. But where is Flake White, Yellow Ochre and Cadmium Red in the digital universe? Where do various flesh tones reside? However, switching to digital painting presented new challenges to solve - many relating to color.įor example, I know how to mix Flake White with Yellow Ochre and a touch of Cadmium Red to achieve a flesh tone. Working digitally eliminates the intermediate step of taking physical artwork and scanning it into a digital form for reproduction (which can result in unexpected value and color shifts depending on whoever is operating the scanner). Most of my work as an illustrator eventually ends up in print, so making the switch was logical. In 2014, I decided to make the leap from being an artist who works with traditional pigments to an artist who works digitally with a pen and tablet in Photoshop. My journey to apply the Munsell color system to Photoshop.

Munsell color chart to rgb