Colour Checker Method Painting Being Viewed at a Rooms Length

james1992

I have been getting into painting for the first time, and I have heard that the colour checking method is only really meant for paintings that will be viewed at a room's length. If enough detail was put into the painting, would the tones work up close? 

Thanks 

James

dencal

James1992

Welcome to the Forum.

It pays to assess the credibility of everything you hear.

Colour checking will make a painting appear very realistic regardless of the viewing distance.
However, if the artist chooses to paint in a loose style with large brushes, a larger viewing distance will improve the coherence of the image by a process called optical mixing.

Denis

BOB73

I keep forgetting that you are a teacher, @dencal then you come up with another brilliant answer.

James, you are lucky he's not charging us for a lesson. Color checking helps with values not just colors.

dencal

BOB73

Whadd ya mean “not charging?” Are you trying to tell me your account is still in arrears?

Denis

BOB73

The check is in the mail.