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Snap. I think that's the quickest one my tutorials have been turned into a Daily Dev. Thanks very much. Also, thanks to people who have faved/commented/watched and to the groups that requested this dev. Much Love.

I haven't had enough time to finish this tutorial in full so I'm submitting this first part of my coloring tutorial which I had in my scraps+some new parts. To tell the truth, it makes me a little nervous to do tutorials in parts, because I do a lot of reorganizing as I do tutorials to make things seem... logical. But whatevs.

Next sections cover color perception and painting techniques which can be applied traditionally and digitally.

I hope some of you find this helpful.

With Love,
Sasha

P.S. I'd like to make a note that while I go over typical color relationships like complementary colors, and I go over color wheels, all this should be taken only a short-hand for an easy way to pick a color palette and a way to introduce people to terms artist commonly used to define color. The most important parts are the ones about hue, purity, and value, color mixing, and gamut.

Remember that you're the artist, and you should pick the colors that appeal to you.

I make my tutorials for free, but if you enjoy my tutorials and want to donate some funds for gas, art books and such, I would appreciate it. [link]

Helpful Stuff: [link]
Perspective Tutorial: [link]
Pencil Tutorial: [link]
Lineart Tutorial: [link]
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Comments: 153

4thofficial In reply to ??? [2015-07-25 03:58:05 +0000 UTC]

Are you on the official DA app? Android or ios? I ask because on Android there is a magnifying glass on the deviation page that loads the a higher resolution image - that's what I'm using and I can view the words here perfectly.

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Yoyoyokitty In reply to 4thofficial [2015-07-25 23:21:28 +0000 UTC]

im using desktop computer, wndows 8
I just the windows button on keyboard and the plus key at the same time and it brings up the magnifying glass app.

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Aerite [2015-07-07 16:54:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this tutorial!

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KawaiiCandyCane [2015-06-13 19:26:13 +0000 UTC]

GOD BLESS THIS

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bluemooze [2015-03-29 20:58:09 +0000 UTC]

Excellent!

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the-midnight-fairy [2014-10-05 17:16:36 +0000 UTC]

Please.. someone can help me? Β I'm very confused.. everyone and even in Japanese magazines they Β talk about a scheme color and how to pick up colors that match each others... but still i don't understand how to picking colors, based to that color weel...
I read this tutorial, but I have just confusion of colors and nothing else.

I'm doing a drawing and now finished lineart, I need to choose colors. I'm starting from the brown of hair.. but I still don't understand what colors match with brown better... there's tertiary colors, double color, 4 colors in the color weel... but how to actually use ? I dont even seen the brown I want in the color scheme, how can I know how to count to get the colors that match?Β 

I mean, when I come to color my own drawing... I can't understand what color take . All that I know is that Ive decided the color of hair (light brown). All the rest, I dont have idea how to picking up the correct colors that give the drawing a nice coloring (because the perfect colors calculation before choose a color. I dont want to use casual colors)... I'm so confused...Β 
See how they choose perfect colors?

sta.sh/07u5zegsk48

sta.sh/0xv6j9f6bpi

sta.sh/016684815jec

How can I do somthing similar like in these pages?

Thank you for the help...Β 
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the-midnight-fairy [2014-09-27 17:50:03 +0000 UTC]

FINALLY! A tutorial that explain everything about color wheel! Thank you!

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N3onN3ko [2014-08-28 03:13:25 +0000 UTC]

This is crazy helpful. Thank you!!

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7dede7 [2014-06-28 09:37:19 +0000 UTC]

I am a future web developer and designer and this will help me a lot on my design part projects. awesome tutorial man!

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Creativesm75 [2013-09-13 15:07:45 +0000 UTC]

Β excellent

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DyingMan75 [2013-04-25 12:02:52 +0000 UTC]

Nice!I hope it'll useful!

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darkpix3ls [2013-03-28 04:55:41 +0000 UTC]

thank you so muchβ™₯

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marambaia [2012-12-22 00:17:43 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely superb!

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ThisIsMissMic [2012-09-09 21:02:20 +0000 UTC]

this is so helpful!

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charmainelhs [2012-07-15 17:00:18 +0000 UTC]

wow, this is really the best concise and understandable introduction to color theory that i have ever read! And I've been through quite a few... but got bored/was left in ????... yours takes the cake. Thanks so much for putting it together and sharing it!

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Chockie84 [2012-06-12 10:54:19 +0000 UTC]

thanks alot for sharing.

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KoniPerdomo [2012-02-29 05:18:36 +0000 UTC]

Very nice! Ill consult it alot.

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cha0swing [2011-12-11 07:21:37 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Thanks!

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Kintupsi [2011-10-29 20:27:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for listing all those color scheme types! They were extremely useful in one of my projects. Also, very nice layout; I love the simplicity and the large, bright headers!

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Vaunilla [2011-09-03 22:50:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Atalanta83 [2011-08-11 12:30:13 +0000 UTC]

This helped me so much, not just in my art, but on my class too, for lightning on movies

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XtreamCrazy [2011-07-27 08:26:19 +0000 UTC]

This... Is intense.

You've made it all so clear and concise. I am forever grateful.

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mostafadn [2011-07-12 21:01:54 +0000 UTC]

Just great!

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ice-cream-dragon [2011-06-17 05:14:40 +0000 UTC]

This is AMAZING!!! Thank you SO much for making this! It really helps a lot.

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ihartsnape [2011-04-01 22:37:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for putting this together! It's been awhile since my Color Theory class so I've really been wanting something to help me out again. This is perfect, thanks!

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MissTwist [2011-03-24 04:25:56 +0000 UTC]

I seriously love you. Just saying.

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Suraj2399 [2011-02-08 10:04:27 +0000 UTC]

thx for the tutorials its very useful

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xmeerzx [2011-02-04 18:02:05 +0000 UTC]

thnx a milliion

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Bhansith [2011-02-03 23:22:58 +0000 UTC]

This is brilliant! Thank you for taking the time to put this together!

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inisen1 [2011-02-03 21:37:59 +0000 UTC]

I haven't had time to read it yet, but it seems very awesome! Thank you for making it

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constantie [2011-01-30 21:29:34 +0000 UTC]

Faving for later usage

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Charis3 [2011-01-28 17:30:01 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial!

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jotapehq [2011-01-28 15:59:59 +0000 UTC]


Very cool!

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rayyzer [2011-01-28 07:01:31 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much for this Sasha. you rock

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jmqrz [2011-01-26 05:24:11 +0000 UTC]

very helpful, thank you!

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suridhondlavagu [2011-01-25 11:36:21 +0000 UTC]

WOow... Great ..This is so help full . So many people are having confusion with Digital, Printers and Traditional colour theories ( RGB, CMYK and RYB ). Iam explaining All about these to my students....But Up to now I didn't prepare like this tutorial.. This is Very nice.

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VanessaBettencourt [2011-01-24 23:58:34 +0000 UTC]

THnks for sharing

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MegaJoy-Coon [2011-01-23 22:31:56 +0000 UTC]

This is a great tutorial for every artist... I knew of a lot of the things on this, but it's good to be refreshed and learn some new things!

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meirha [2011-01-23 21:10:29 +0000 UTC]

i think this could be helpful

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liyafae [2011-01-23 19:21:30 +0000 UTC]

Incredible!!!

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henrycarreno [2011-01-23 15:19:25 +0000 UTC]

and interesting reading specially for me as i always forget this stuff when i read it many times.
congrats

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CarlesTenorio [2011-01-23 09:35:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial!!! Seriously!!!

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sillentassault [2011-01-23 00:13:35 +0000 UTC]

Very nice! I know some of this but I learned the little I know by having teachers scream it at me :/ this looks much more simple and easy to comprehend

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justCreate [2011-01-22 22:27:31 +0000 UTC]

thanks for this tutorial

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Chronophontes [2011-01-22 22:26:55 +0000 UTC]

Good for you, qualifying the "red-yellow-blue" dogma! (The one color you really can't get with cyan, magenta and yellow, is black - that's why printers use it.) And congrats on the DD!

(I remember the time I tried to get purple by mixing vermilion "red" with prussian blue. It did make a nice brown.)

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WackyRacky [2011-01-22 12:59:21 +0000 UTC]

Your tutorials are incredibly helpful! I can imagine that they'll help many people (including myself) create more indepth art. Thanks very much

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zakniteh [2010-12-26 17:39:57 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely awesmetastic! It's like Basic Design 1 class, but with all the information they left out. Thanks!

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XOLGY [2010-12-20 18:36:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank U very Much !

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I-Andreea-I [2010-12-17 12:08:19 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful thankyou!

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Masiru-chan [2010-12-17 10:36:46 +0000 UTC]

This is great. Thanks a bunch!

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