Color Wheel The Company Gray Scale & Value Finder-4"X6"

Exactly as described. Very useful product delivered promptly.

This is an awesome item. I use this as a guide because I have recently started using oil paints. I kept it in its sleeve to dab paint on for value checks and then I wipe it off.

The package says "Gray Scale & Value Finder". This common tool is a VALUE FINDER for painting or other art projects or situations where you have to determine the gray values of colors or shading. In other words, a visual helper. These are usually numbered one to ten, as this one is, and are printed as halftones. (You can see a halftone screen in the gray sections under a paragon loupe.) Perfect for painters and illustrators, good price, sturdy enough for its purpose, and even has a protective sleeve. Very happy customer here. However, someone mentioned that it should be eleven divisions, and that refers to a GRAY SCALE for scanning. Proper gray scales are continuous tone (CT) like on a developed photograph, and are divided into 11 steps for 10%, 20%, 30% grays, etc., up to 100% for black, PLUS white. There are also 21 step versions that include 5% increments plus one for white. Gray scales are scanned with artwork to help with tonal and color corrections. Printed gray scales (halftone) are available, often as book companions, but are not appropriate for digital image correction, and should only be used in a pinch and only with the proper eyedropper adjustments. I hope this clears up any confusion for prospective buyers.

Tone, tone, tone....you hear it all the time in art instructuion and criticism. The point being to recognize the relative darkness and lightness of both the color and greyscale things you observe. Masters of art were masters of tone...Rembrandt, Sargent, Valesquez, and so many more. So, if you have trouble judging the relative tone of objects you wish to draw or paint, this little device can be of help. Especially for judging objects in the scene in front of you of various color, say a pale blue relative to the middle value yellow beside it. Only con is these things seem a bit pricey for what they are, and if you follow instructions on line and elsewhere you can make one of your own with cardboard and black and white paint. But this is much more sturdy and handy, and saves you the effort. Tone is essential to good painting and if you need help judging it, this can do so and may well be worth the price translated into the better art you may produce.

Gray scale pocket card. Great for indoor or outdoor painting to assess values. Handy and sturdy heavy cardboard. A must have if you are a plein air painter.

Just a great tool for creating a better art painting.

My grey scale came in perfect condition. It’s replaced my old one which went missing. A grey is an important tool in creative work and accuracy is important. The grey is neither too cold or too warm. This size is easy to store or carry with you. The cut outs let you place what you are look at in the middle of the grey standard and not just next to it so you’re doing less guessing. Who needs this? Artists, interior decorators, architects, fashion designers and merchandisers, dyers, knitters, crocheters, home sewists, stylists. It’s espcially good for creatives to explain color palettes to non-artists like clients or merchandisers. Also, great for at home creatives for whom color coordinating is is not their strong point. If you use a color wheel to help with color choices then you need this to help with values. Getting paint chips or any other diy defeats the purpose of this little tool because breaking down black to white in precise 20% increments by eye is nearly impossible. Your own eye will never be this accurate. You would need to take this tool to the paint shop to recreate it! One tip on how I use grey scales is to mentally imagine what you are working with as being in black and white. You could use a photography app to help but keep in mind they often skew the image and lighting can also change the values. Still it would be very helpful.

This handy card helps me select the correct values of oil paint for a stunning painting. Ordered several.