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hjhornbeck — Colour Theory Cheatsheet

Published: 2005-04-27 19:41:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 6061; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 314
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Description I enjoyed making my last tutorial , so when I started musing about colour theory, I thought I'd give it another go. In the process, I learned that I know nothing about colour, and with a few exceptions , neither does anyone else.
Uncommissioned. Vector art.
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Comments: 15

DinkyPanda [2010-11-01 19:17:26 +0000 UTC]

This is going to be very helpful for me in the future, thank you for this. :3

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euphorix3 [2008-01-22 19:56:28 +0000 UTC]

'colour is the new black'... had to

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13erri-fu5i0n [2006-04-15 01:15:08 +0000 UTC]

like what artist doesnt know all that...lol. it's common sense.

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hjhornbeck In reply to 13erri-fu5i0n [2006-05-01 05:21:08 +0000 UTC]

As I say, Common sense is neither common nor a sense.

At least, I *think* I say that. I'm claiming it anyway, world!

HJ Hornbeck

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xXstarrdustXx [2006-02-19 10:01:15 +0000 UTC]

i think this is a wonderful synopsis of color theory
i will print one of this, useful and neatly done!! thanx!

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hjhornbeck In reply to xXstarrdustXx [2006-02-20 06:50:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I'm always happy to spread the knowledge!

HJ Hornbeck

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pixelatedprophet [2006-01-16 04:10:55 +0000 UTC]

Nice work. I did an entire year on colour theory alone and made dozens of colour wheels and colour charts. Nice layout and some genuinely helpful information.

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hjhornbeck In reply to pixelatedprophet [2006-01-22 19:11:58 +0000 UTC]

An entire year on colour theory?! *shudders*

Thanks for the comment, but not for the image.

HJ Hornbeck

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shadow-link [2006-01-15 14:37:49 +0000 UTC]

Quite nice, tohugh you should clear up, for those who don't know, that RGB is for LIGHT, and the primaries for pigment colors use Blue, red, and yellow (or CMYK in printing). Though I guess that amy just confuse people more. Nice sheet though.

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hjhornbeck In reply to shadow-link [2006-01-15 19:52:23 +0000 UTC]

I covered that in as much detail as I could. I didn't want to get into a polemic about primary colours, so I kept it simple. A full version would take too much space .

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shadow-link In reply to hjhornbeck [2006-01-17 03:26:52 +0000 UTC]

I can understand, reading that thing can eat up your entire day. Thanks for the link BTW, learned quite a bit.

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xxchamchixx [2005-04-30 09:27:47 +0000 UTC]

Oooo very spiffy! Its been a good lesson reading this

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hjhornbeck In reply to xxchamchixx [2005-05-05 14:51:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I spent a fair while mulling over what to write, and doing research to make sure I wasn't leaving anything major out. Glad to see it paid off.

HJ Hornbeck

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ookamidb [2005-04-28 02:00:09 +0000 UTC]

This is a nice little reference.

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hjhornbeck In reply to ookamidb [2005-05-05 14:56:36 +0000 UTC]

Why thank ya! I was worried a page would be too big to fill... wrong.

HJ Hornbeck

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