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How do you make color decisions?
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Posted 11 months ago How do you make color decisions? Here is some useful "training":http://admin.artbistro.com:8080/news/articles/743-color-theory-contrasts. |
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| Posted 10 months ago My work is all about color, i have a lettered color wheel on my studio wall and use the balance of complimentary colors, or split compliments to make the base desicsions on what color to use next, I intuit intensity and saturation. But the color wheel, either in agreement or in intentional disagreement is the deciding factor in my work. |
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| Posted 10 months ago I usually just go by what looks right to me. Color is something I wish I would have spent a lot more time on.. like traditional color studies and stuff. |
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| Posted 10 months ago Hey, it is never to late to learn color. Try Itten's "Elements of Color" it is a text I study in school in the early 80's |
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| Posted 10 months ago I read crayons like tea leaves... I drop a bunch on the floor and depending on how they fall is what drives my decision for what color i start with first! |
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| Posted 10 months ago chrisgilbert said: lol |
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| Posted 10 months ago Greig said: Ill see if they have it on amazon, thanks! Im always up for learning new stuff. |
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| Posted 5 months ago Greig said: ditto! |
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| Posted 5 months ago I was amazed at how much I learned from a color theory class. I had painting and design classes in the past but this was an intense, sometimes tedious, disciplined approach that involved testing your paints to determine the properties of commericial colors and how to mix them to get the value, hue and intensity that you want. It was especially helpful because I was just starting to work with acrylics and found it difficult to get the rich color I had with oils. It helped to practice mixing and to chart color gradations from one color to another. It was a lot of work but now I'm glad I took the time to do it. It's never too late to learn what will happen if the cobalt crayon falls on the burnt umber! |
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| Posted 4 months ago Color theory is amazingly useful. In 2-D Design, my teacher had us do a color quiz before we moved into working with color, just to see how much we all knew about it. I was surprised at what I didn't know! I learned some invaluable things in those last couple of weeks of class, things that have changed how I work with color now, in all kinds of art. |
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| Posted 3 months ago I don't make specific choices. I tend to go with a feeling or a desire. I tend to decide if I want the highlight areas warm or cool and what temp the background is going to be and I balance and play, trying to achieve what I want or what I somewhat intended, tone wise. I tend to perfer earthy palettes and I like dramatic or stronger contrast lighting naturally, altough I do try to work in a lower contrast or even high key palette off and on. I use all my colours in the background and subject alike, creating harmony and balance, as background temp and light and colours Will effect my subject. I strive never to create a Cut Out looking figure in their background. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago I think about what i want the overall picture to be like, and what feel i want - if i want light and airy with a spring feeling, normally i'll pick yellow or just something really light. I have a knack for my color combinations, somehow i always get comments on my colors but meh. I look to other artists sometimes to see their color combinations and try and work them into my pieces somehow. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago By greyscale tone as much as possible. After the picture is assembled by grays, I can focus on a palette that depends on how "fantastical" the picture is. If I want the picture to be more realistic, I'll go with everyday colors. If the picture is flat out imaginary, I'll go with the high-end contrasty colors like purple, electric blues, and noxious green. simpson |