A method for simulating paint mixing on computer monitors

摘要

Computer programs like Adobe Photoshop can generate a mixture of two 'computer' colours by using the Gradient control, However, the resulting colours diverge from the equivalent paint mixtures in both hue and value. This study examines why programs like Photoshop are unable to simulate paint or pigment mixtures, and offers a solution using Photoshops existing tools. The article discusses how a library of colours, simulating paint mixtures, is created from 13 artists' colours. The mixtures can be imported into Photoshop as a colour swatch palette of 1248 colours and as 78 continuous or stepped gradient files, all accessed in a new software package, Chromafile.