I had the book Color Choices laying around and I decided to re-read it now that I’m into art daily. Turns out it’s exactly what I need in this journey.

I dedicated some time studying the author’s Color Wheel, which is very popular between traditional art artists. To my surprise, I didn’t find any digital version, with equivalent digital colors. So today’s daily was all about finding colors that match the Quiller wheel.

Check the wheel below and the table of colors and their hex codes at the boom of the post.

Digital Wheel

Using the resources below, I was mixing and matching the colors from the color wheel from the book. I still think some are a bit off, and for some colors, I put more than one alternative. Open the full version (right-click and open in a new tab to avoid the lightbox, which resizes the image down and may change the actual colors).

Finding Digital Colors from Traditional Color Names

The colors, their groups, and HEX codes

Primary

Name

Hex

Cadmium Yellow Light

#fff600

Alizarin Crimson

#e32636

Phthalo Blue

#000f89

Secondary

Name

Hex

Cadmium Scarlet

#EA4B2E

Viridian

#1e9167

Ultramarine Violet

#1d2a58

Alternatives

Name

Hex

Cadmium Scarlet

#EA4B2E

Viridian

#1e9167

Ultramarine Violet

#5C246E

Tertiary

Name

Hex

Cadmium Orange

#ed872d

Permanent Green Light

#4E9431

Green Blue

#42b395

Ultramarine Blue

#657abb

Winsor Violet

#4B086B

Cadmium Red

#e30022

Alternatives

Name

Hex

Cadmium Orange

#FF6103

Permanent Green Light

#4E9431

Green Blue

#42b395

Ultramarine Blue

#657abb

Magenta

#CD00CD

Cadmium Red

#E3170D