Since i've started mixing up things a bit to get results I want I went out today and bought every paint geeks favorite toy....

A Color Wheel....

So today we salute the Color Geeks.. Hip hip hooray............

now I think I got the basics down, but does anyone got any good tips on how to get the most out of this thing. If so speak up and I'll take notes..

Delbert..... enjoy using it.
And even more important, enjoy experimenting mixing your colors. Now it's nothing more than practice, practice, practice....... :-)

Tip:...... if your color turns muddy..... throw it out, and start again.
there is nothing you can do to return.

Hi Delbert, i got Shep Paines how to build Dioramas he has a colour wheel in there and also give some mixtures for armour and uniform colours. I like the lazy way.

Okay, I'm curious now, whassa colour wheel?

Have fun mixing em up Delbert.

Murdo, this is one example of a color wheel:

Um, okay, thanks Ken... So what is it for?

I realise there are probably people chortling into their beer right now but, I'm baffled as to its pupose.

Okay, without me trying to explain it, I will use the site that hosts the below pic to explain it. But basically it is used for helping you mix colors to achieve a specific color or shade of color you are after.

"The Colour Wheel shows the relationships between colours and serves as a useful guide as to how they will work together. The inner ring shows the three primary colours: red, yellow and blue. When adjacent primary colours are mixed, secondary colours are formed on the second ring, and in turn, when adjacent secondary colours are mixed, tertiary colours are formed on the third ring."

Okay, thanks Ken.

Hmm! time to give up painting me models 'cos I haven't understood a word of this thread...

Don't feel bad. I didn't know what it did either. I seem to be learning something new every day on this site.

Cheers!