Last time, I arranged my neocolors2 by value.
The small paper swatches are great for sorting and composing color palettes but are not very practical in the long run when I need to estimate the difference in value between two crayons.
I have made some simple grids in Excel, printed them, and filled them with the colors ordered by value.
Every Neocolor2 has an approximate value based on the Greyscale value finder between 1 and 10. In addition, I have numbered them from the brightest to the darkest.
So now, I have my value charts, and I can quickly find colors that differ in value.
My value charts are not perfect. When taking photos, I realized that some colors were in the wrong places. I think it is because of the ambient light that skewed the values of some colors. Still, I have worked on it in the evenings with my daylight lamp. If I ever repeat the exercise, I would do it in the daylight or validate the order in different lighting conditions.
It is just an exercise, not science :) But I admit, now that I look at it, it could be done better ;)
Next time, I will show you some studies I did using the charts.
Materials
Neocolors 2 @carandache
Clairefontaine Trophee tinted ivory A4 printer paper 160g
If you are interested, I am attaching empty printable A4 grids in pdf.
Such a brilliant idea! I found a site where the 84 colors set is measured and quantified into CIELAB color space (+ several others) so they can be easily perceived on a value axis as well as other projections. A more technical approach ;) but here's the link if it is helpful to anyone. https://artistpigments.org/brands/caran-d-ache-neocolor-ii-watersoluble/cielab
Thanks for sharing! I am amazed at how close all those yellows are in value.