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The Essential Color Card Deck by Joen Wolfrom, comes from the same source as the Ultimate 3-in-1 Color Tool. It costs about $30. The sturdy box contains 200 cards each measuring 2½ inches by 4 inches (64mm by 101mm). In addition to the cards, the box contains a folded piece of glossy paper that shows all 200 colors and a color wheel. As with the Ultimate 3-in-1 Color Tool, the Essential Color Card Deck is based on a 24-color Ives CMYK wheel. Colors are numbered 1 through 24, starting with yellow and moving through green and blue around to purple, red, and orange. There are seven cards for each color: 1 pure hue 2 tints 2 tones 2 shades The back of each card shows the color wheel, the location of the hue, and the color schemes of two different split-complementary, complementary, triadic, and analogous. Each card has both a number for the hue and a letter, so you can put the cards back in order. The bottom has the RGB, CMYK, and Hex codes for ea...

This is a tool I've had for several years, long enough I don't recall where I bought it or when. It is the Ultimate 3-in-1 Color Tool by Joen Wolfrom, updated third edition (2010) from C&T Publishing. It currently sells for about $22 on the publisher's website, but it looks like Amazon and even WalMart carry it? tool fanned out; back of golden yellow; front of yellow This has long been my go-to color tool for several reasons. It is based on the printer's primaries of cyan, magenta, and yellow (CMYK). It uses a 24-color wheel. Each card shows complementary, analogous, two versions of split-complementary, and triadic. The tool has 6 cards at the beginning to provide an overview of color theory and how to use the tool. There's a color wheel with all 24 colors numbered, beginning with yellow as #1 and working through greens to blues, through purples to...

I love color! I tend to be drawn to vivid, pure colors. But that's not always appropriate. Sometimes, you want something quieter, more subtle, more sophisticated. Recently, I've acquired some color tools. I thought it would be helpful to post a series of reviews about different color tools. Which ones are best suited for which circumstances? Which ones would be most helpful based on what type of help you most need? First up, Palette Scout from Zollie. pure hue upper left, plus 2 shades; bottom are two light tones This one is the most expensive of all my color tools. I bought the full bundle which includes the card pack plus the online color theory course, match guides, and palette suggestion pdfs. The whole thing normally sells for more than $100. I purchased it as part of a Black Friday 50% off sale. Good for me. If all you want is the card pack, that costs about $30.  Bullet points: based on painter's primaries (red, yellow, blue) 18 hues ...