Straight from the Copic website:
I’ve highlighted two main areas of the close up version of the color wheel.
- The colors within the yellow lines are all of the same saturation, but with varying darkness.
- The colors within the red lines are all of the same darkness, but with varying saturation.
As you look at the greater picture of the Copic Color Wheel, you can see that as colors approach the center of the wheel, they become more gray, and as they approach the clockwise end of their respective color region, they become darker. The only exception to this rule is saturation for the earth tones, as they incorporate a number of colors, from reds to oranges, yellows and greens; you can see that they have their own system goin’ on!
Your first number is your saturation level. Your saturation is the amount of gray in the colors...your zero's will have the least amount of gray and therefore, will be a more brilliant color. The higher the first number the duller the color will become.
Your second number your brightness level and will dictate how dark the color will appear. With zero being the lightest and 9 being the darkest.
Your colors have two different meaning, therefore, when you refer to the Copic color you are using, it makes sense to say B-3-4, instead of B34.
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