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

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

Great tool for any art medium.

Great product

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.

Essential tool for determining values in artwork.

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.

This is an acceptable item for the price. It is thin and quite delicate. However, it arrived in an envelope without any support and was bent and wrinkled.