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Mm, this will probably be my longest tutorial yet... it's already 5,000 pixels long, and I haven't gotten to the useful parts XDAfter I muddle through the color theory part, I still want to do a very long section on painting involving colors in different environments, colors in perspective, rendering edges, and colored shadows.
P.S. If there is something which you do not understand or feel I've left out so far, tell me.
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its color theory class all over again xD <3
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Your tutorials are always amazing. This was very helpful to me (and it looks very sophisticated to boot)! Thank you very very much for this! can't wait for more
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Damn sashas. I always loved your tutorials and how in depth they go.
Thank you for spending the time to share omg~ I can't wait to see the end. β₯ ;U;
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because red is at the edge of the spectrum that is it's got the longest wavelength, is that why it's so hard to get a strong red in cykm and easier in rbg?
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What you're talking about is gamut. RGB is an additive process of mixing colors, so it has to do with mixing red, green, and blue light, like on your computer screen. CMYK is a subtractive process, meaning the mixing of pigment, so it's about mixing cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ink, like in your printer.
RGB and CMYK have different gamuts (ranges of color they can produce). Printers cannot create as many colors as your computer screen, so there's a differences in the intensity and variations of all colors, not just red, and your computer compensates for this lack of range. You can see more here: [link]
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yes the irl way that color works is by divided light bouncing off of things hitting our eyes... however because our eyes can pick up far more colors than RBG or CMYK can simulate the exact color of things for reprodution purposes, is very subjective e.g. a color blinded person's Perception of red, or what you see on the screen compared to what prints. I understand that fact. I guess a better question would be: "what are the hardest, or rather most troublesome colors to reproduce?" I think personally it's reds but it may in fact just mean that CMYK is a bitch with it all...
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This is very informative, looking forward for the finished version
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Color always eluded me, even when my art teacher was explaining it, so this tutorial of yours truly helped me out thanks to its simple (yet detailed) explanations and clear diagrams. You even elaborated on things my own art teachers neglected to mention fully--now I truly understand the difference between purity & value!
My only confusion lies in where you mention Blue as the color that absorbs the most light under the "Warm and Cool" section. When it came to my professors, they often said that Purple was the coldest out of the three 'cool colors'--hence, their preference for using it as part of their shadows, darkening subjects, etc.
Is purple and blue actually very interchangeable for those purposes, or is there something essential I'm missing?
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My only confusion lies in where you mention Blue as the color that absorbs the most light under the "Warm and Cool" section. When it came to my professors, they often said that Purple was the coldest out of the three 'cool colors'--hence, their preference for using it as part of their shadows, darkening subjects, etc.
Is purple and blue actually very interchangeable for those purposes, or is there something essential I'm missing?
Er, I don't see how purple, as a mixture of blue and red could be the coolest color, because you cannot create a color that is more extreme that the colors you are mixing with.
For example if you are mixing black and white... You can never mix the colors in a way in which you get a value lighter than white or blacker than black. You will always get a color that is between the extremes of the colors you are mixing with. Likewise, if you mix yellow(warm) and blue(cool), you cannot mix these two colors and get a green warmer than yellow or a green cooler than blue. It's the same with red and blue. If red and blue are the mixed, they cannot yield a color which is hotter than red or cooler than blue. If you take this explanation a bit further, you can never mix the coolest color, because it cannot be more extreme that the colors mixed colors mixed to make it. Thus, the coolest color, just like the warmestβyellowβ has to be a primary color. Red is not a cool color so it must be blue.
As for confusing purple with blue. To tell the truth, the eyes do not pick up colors evenly. The eyes are very sensitive to certain colors and not very sensitive to others. Yellow & Green are the colors that the eye is most sensitive to, which is why they appear brighter. Blue/Violet, and Red have some of the the weakest sensitivity. [link] So it's harder to pick up the differences.
Why your teachers probably use purple. I haven't discussed this in my tutorial yet, but perception of colors has a lot to do why some people will use purple for shadows. Basically, if you put a gray block against a warm background it will look like its cool complement. If you put a gray block against a cool background it will look like its warm complement. A lot of lights happen to be yellow/warm. Their colored light shifts highlighted part of an object toward the yellow part of the color wheel. The shadows on an object tend to remain close to neutral, because they are not colored directly from the light source. The neutrality of the shadows appears to shift in color because they are surrounded by objects that are slightly yellow.
I realize that was a long, long explanation.
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Heh, didn't mind the long explanation one bit.
It was obviously informative and made me more aware of how the eye is naturally sensitive to certain colors (ah, biology being interconnected with art...who knew?).
Your explanation of red and blue being the polar opposites now make sense in light of why purple cannot be the coolest so no ambiguity there. You did an excellent job of explaining it to me, especially if I consider the amount of time you spared to do so--so thank you very much.
The effect you mention of placing grays against a warm/cool background reminds me of an activity my art teacher did using paint chips from your every day hardware store. Sadly...the name of that exact concept escapes me (which would make my art teacher cry, I'm sure). 
If you ever discuss how to take better advantage of of those techniques in a future tutorial, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it.
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Man- no matter how many times I read through color tutorials, I can't quite fully grasp the concept. It's a slow undertaking for me.
That said, this is still a pretty solid tutorial on the subject, but what really grabbed my attention/what I found in your tutorial that I have not seen in others, is the discussion on purity. The bit about reducing purity by adding white, black or neutral grays as opposed to adding complementaries (as it tends to create a more saturated color) gave me like an 'A-HA' moment with my working process. So thank you for this.
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I think I might do that when I get to the end of part about perception.
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yeah that would probably keep your file size down too...
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I definitely can't wait to see more. This is very interesting and understandable. Also the layout of the tutorial is really nice.
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Thanks. I'm happy you like the layout 
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This looks interesting so far, I skimmed it, I took a color theory class this past summer so I recognized what you wrote here.
I really like your design for it, it's clean and simple. It's easy to read everything.
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Thanks. I'll probably have to back and redesign my old tutorials to a cleaner look as well.
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color is a new one for tutorials... Never really thought about it but like.... now that I think about it. My color skill/knowledge may actually suck.
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Color was probably one of my biggest weaknesses. Most tutorials with the step by step method didn't help me at all (I need a lot of explanation and have to know the reason why for everything), but I really like this one: [link] . Maybe it will help : )
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I'm loving this tutorial! Good, helpful stuff!
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Yes. I was thinking I could split it into the color theory part (which is turning out to be way longer than I anticipated) and the actual coloring/painting part.
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wow it has grown since i last saw it :0
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lol. I'm secretly productive
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man, always love your tutorials! cant wait for the finished one of this <333
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Why, thank you : ) I'm eager to finish it~!
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Yeah, I just feel that value is ignored a lot when talking about color. I feel sorry for it.
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yesssss I loved colour theory class. it broke my brain!
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