Coloraid Full Set 314 Color Sheets, 3 x 4.5 in, Professional Paper System for Art Design Education and Color Study

Arrived in a cardboard box. Wish it was a nicer box that you could reuse more easily; this box you have to slide the papers in and out of. One that had a lid might be better suited to not bending the papers. Some of mine are slightly bent on the edges, as pictured. Paper is beautiful and matte and colors are all in order. I don't want to ever take them out of order! 😂 This will be the perfect accompaniment to Josef Albers book and app, Interaction of Color, which we're studying in my Topics of Color class. Excited to get started!

(This is twenty-three in a series of reviews describing products used for the making of PHOTO STATUETTES. All 28 reviews are yours by clicking "Ron Z" and scrolling down or by clicking the x in Ron's x-tab (above). The series begins Nov 18, 2013 with Elmer's Foam Boards, 20 x 30 Inches, 1/2-Inch Thick, Black/Black, 10-Count (951300) ). We have disengaged our acrylic nameplate. Now it's time to add a background color to its groove. Choice of color takes center stage here and the dominant color usually wins out. Your subject--or subject's PHOTO--has a dominant color. Her PINK blouse, his BLUE eyes, a child clutching a YELLOW elephant.... It might just be BLACK. Or WHITE. Or GREY. Whatever the color, match it using Color-aid. Match it precisely. You can DO that with Color-aid. The Color-aid system consists of 314 papers in a variety of pastels and lighter tints. It is commonly used in art and design schools as well as for arts and crafts applications. I know of no substitute for this product. The first thing you'll need is a FULL SET of swatches. This 4.5 x 6-inch set (featured) is fine and dandy, but "smaller for less" would serve just as well. See Amazon's "Sponsored Links" for smaller Full Set Swatches. Swatches are used to identify colors, necessary when ordering Color-aid papers. Each color bears a separate I.D. Our project requires 9 x 12-inch sheets. We can order a full set of 9 x 12's or purchase as needed and gradually build up. Singles are sold in size 18 x 24 (available direct from the Color-aid Corporation). Each can be cut into four 9 x 12's. Then, using a 9 x 12-inch sheet, cut a strip of Color-aid to fit the nameplate's dado groove. Always cut along the 12-inch side and then cut the color strip to proper length. Position it against the back of the groove, color facing you. No need for gluing. Premier StakCut Green Board Trimmer, Steel Blade, Cut Stacks of up to 30 Sheets, Green (PRE715) Swingline ClassicCut Lite 15-Inch Guillotine Trimmer, Desktop, 10 Sheet (9315) Now use a tweezer to pluck strands of UHMW that may overlap your Color-aid strip. These are resultants of our dado cutting and must be removed. Ladies Straight Tip Metal Eyebrow Tweezers Trimmers 2 Pcs You may also use an emery board to sand them loose. Remove your Color-aid strip before sanding. Revlon Compact Emery Boards, 24-Count NEXT: Labeling. Brother PC Connectable Labeling System (PT2730)

I think it will take a long while playing with the swatches before coming to even a partial understanding of the system. Full mastery could take years, but would be worth it for learning to mix all the colors of the rainbow from the three primaries. I was trying to shortcut making color charts from the colors I bought, that is not going to work, but the results even just using the earth tones have been well worth the effort .

This is a 6 x 9 packet and not the 4X6 you got in art school. A bit more than I needed but it was my fault to think they only came in one size.

These smell awful. I had to get them for a class and they so weird. I have to keep the box shut and rush to find the color I need. Variety of colors. Overpriced though.

I wish this was cheaper but that’s the same everywhere you go. It’s so much easier to cut this stuff than paint chips for my art projects and I’ve yet to come across anything similar.

I did not go to undergrad art school so never used Color Aid. These color swatches are useful to see what colors sit well next to one another and make me happy just riffling though them planning a painting.

taking college class for design was awesome seeing how to use these.