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Quick and Dirty Color Theory
Published: 2010-04-19 00:21:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 120167; Favourites: 5582; Downloads: 3397
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My Quick & Dirty Color Theory Tutorial. That turned out to not be so quick >.> I got absorbed and explained a lot more than I originally intended. LMAO I hope you guys find it useful
More tutorials to come!
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Wow... I have learnt something new~ Thank you so much for this ^_^
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awwies, you're very welcome
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This is a very useful reference, thanks very much for sharing it!
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you are very welcome :3
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FYI, your saturation scale doesn't really isolate saturation. It starts out with white, but white can't have any saturation added to it without also adding lightness/darkness. If you want a scale that really only shows changes in saturation, it should start out with a gray and go to the bright pink. (If you need more convincing, convert the image to grayscale and look at how the lightness changes along with the saturation). Other than that, thanks, great intro!
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it wasn't really meant to isolate it, just make a point :3 it was a 4-5 minute tutorial meant for scraps that got wayyyy more attention than I thought it would. One of these days I'll go back and rework it.
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For someone who has a serious issue with coloring, this is just perfect! Thank you!
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I agree with 's point about the coloring of the spheres. Your coloring had the potential to emphasize the depth of the volume, but the strokes of the different colors didn't curve the way a sphere would. The strokes are somewhat flat.
Otherwise, a very informative color tutorial. I learned much from it.
Congratz on the DD babe! Wonderful color tutorial. I hope it helped others as it did for me.
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XD thanks for the input - the tutorial was kinda thrown together in about 4-5 minutes, so I didn't take the time to smooth things out as I should have - I didn't realize at the time that this was going to get a DD or draw the attention it did (it was meant for my scraps) XD haha I have to fix it up. Thank you for the input!
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Well I have mixed feelings about this one to be honest. You clearly know your colour theory (I don't, or at least I don't think I do) but there's something in this tutorial that throws me off... I don't really like the way you painted the circles... For instance, the blue circle doesn't give me the feeling of volume that should be expected after being painted, you made it end in a sort of blue/greish hue but no matter how I look at it, the objects around me show me that the darkest colour comes before the coloured backlight or the unsaturated greish reflection. So I would have painted that greish hue darker and then add a thin reflection in a lighter blue/grey. I quite like the way you did it in the pink circle, the reflection is on top of the darkest shade, it's closer to what I was saying. But I think the colours clash a bit too much, they don't look like they are gradients of a colour caused by the light/dark but that the circle itself is bicolour.
A deviant's artwork I always look at when I need some guidance with backlights and reflecions is ~ionen , and you reminded me of him when you were saying to pay attention to the atmosphere and the backlights because even when his drawings have no background, his light effects always make the characters look like they really are in some sort of environment. I especially love the way he did most of the things you mentioned [link] he uses saturated, unsaturated, warm and cold colours and backlights. Also uses greyish reflections that I think give it even more volume.
Ok I'll stop rambling now 
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I do agree with you XD to be honest, the whole thing was a 5 minute color explanation (literally) so I didn't take much time to smooth things out - I had no idea it would someday draw the attention it did XD I will probably go back eventually and fix it up a bit nicer. lol
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Agreed. Your comment is just fine and, in fact, contains certain critiques that many wouldn't give.
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ah thanks so much for making this and uploading. itll deffo help alot of people! including me!
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not too bad...is clear enough
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Very useful! I always have trouble with palettes!
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Very useful indeed! Thanks for making this!
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you are very welcome :3
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Absolutely wonderful explanations. :3 Thank you so much for making this!
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Wow, I sure learned a lot of things from this
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:3 I'm glad you found it helpful!
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Great tutorial! I have the worst time with colors, which seem like they should be so simple (we're surrounded by them, after all). And grats on the DD!
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This might really help me improve on my colouring and shading. Thanks for making this tutorial!
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I didn't read through all of this,just a few parts,well made.
The real reason why I'm commenting tough is that something at the beginning is confusing me. I have no idea if someone already pointed this out,so sorry if so.
For explaining the Primary Colours you used red instead of magenta and dark blue instead of cyan.
I hope I don't sound too fussy here and don't annoy you or anything. ^^
You sure deserve that DD! ;D
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XD actually when I made the tutorial some of my first comments were about the color - the truth of the matter is, there are two color wheels, both correct. for traditional media, the color wheel is red, yellow, blue, for the digital color wheel, it's magenta, yellow, cyan. The reason being is the way the colors are combined (additive or subtractive) I learned through traditional media when I was a kid, so it's sort of the method that stuck with me XD I'm afraid I didn't really get into the difference in this particular tutorial because it was supposed to just be a quick overview of color XD But I do get asked about it quite a bit.
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They used red yellow and blue because those are the primary colours. The primary colours are the only true colours. All other colours are produced using a combination of those 3 colours and by adding tints, tones, and shades (this includes the cyan and magenta that you pointed out). You're thinking of CYMK, which has to do with inks and printing and such... really a whole other story. Hope that helps.
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The part about the shadow saturation was really helpful! Thanks!
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you're very welcome!
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