I posted this on LinkedIn the other day and it has certainly a lot of arguments. So I thought I would post it here. The link is to my Patreon site but it is free to read (like many of the articles).


The issue is that when you darken a yellow it tends to go either redder or greener which led to my trite title – does dark yellow exist?
The worst of the comments is the person who replied – ‘I would start by reading Itten’. Of course, I have read Itten but I can’t imagine that saying someone should start by reading Itten would be a good answer to any question. 🙂
Anyway, Itten does show a diagram in his book that demonstrates the effect but I don’t think he explains it.
Anyway, onwards and upwards!!