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Published: 2013-12-31 09:35:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 122411; Favourites: 5594; Downloads: 0
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I've started this ages ago, I'll just finish this now before New Year
A lot of people ask me how I pick my colors. These are basically my rubrics when color picking.
I hope this helps anyone out there!
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I just wanted to say you are a beautiful person and I love how you break down a complicated process into something that is simple.
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Thanks so much for putting this together for us!! Great tutorials!! ..I feel like I'm color challenged, lol but starting to really dig playing w them. I really love art that breaks the "rules" about what colors we see in life.. Thanks again for your tips! 
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Nice tips! I'm starting to finally get back into digital art and tackle colors, something I've always struggled with so far. This is a nice refresher of all the things in general I've read about colors here. I knew about the black and white test, but I still don't know how to use a digital art program to do that. Do you know where generally is the place to adjust to black and white? I'm using FireAlpaca, a software similar to PaintToolSai.
EDIT: Actually, wait I think I found it myself haha. But is this correct? When you're trying to test for the value range, adjust the saturation to 0%? Ah... I should refresh myself on the basics of those word's meanings again again. xD
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Yup you're on the right track! at 0% saturation you're left with greys, whites and blacks!
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whos the artist of the trees and couple? at the end?
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I answered this in a previous comment, I made a reverse image search and I didn't come up with the artist. This is the closest I can come up with:Β blog.palcs.org/sguziewicz/?p=3β¦
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What is the artist name or the name of the art work of the painting of two people walking in a path surrounded with trees
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Man I wish I can give you a proper answer. I did a reverse image search but I'm getting no names. Check it out hereΒ blog.palcs.org/sguziewicz/?p=3β¦
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My problem is that it is hard, often impossible for me to use red and orange.
This is because I litterally can't see differences between the two, so I am scared I think I might be using red but I am actually using orange.
Take the color wheel shown in this tutorial, for example.
The reds and orange shades are the same for me.
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Hey! Maybe you have some sort of colorblindness?
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You might need to get that checked with an eye doctor to confirm!
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Will probably do that.Β
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What can we do with the different color pallets? (Complementary, tiradec Β colours, etc)
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All colors convey a certain meaning (depending on culture). Stuff like yellow=joy, red=anger, green=envy, etc. You can use that to your advantage!
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Again mighty useful stuff.
Well done. Some good examples and a nice taste.
Thanks again for making and sharing.
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Now that someone actually explained to me how to use colors properly without so much technical words... It sounds easier to do... Well I better get practicing 
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That's a sign to study up on color theory! It's interesting stuff
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It is... One quick question though... You were mentioning about colors affecting each other when there is a background and light? How do you make your colors saturated enough to make it seem that those components are affecting the colors?? If ya get my drift...Β
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Perhaps saturated isn't the term, more on the strength of a certain light. Everything reflects light (maybe except dark objects). The stronger the light is on an object, the more color it reflects on other objects. Just observe your surroundings and you'll see how the colors of stuff affect others. A good example is the sky: it's blueness affects the colors of other objects in the shade
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Ahh sorry I didn't really understand the technicalities of color... But okay, will do. Yes, I noticed that depending on the sun or moon light the sky color changes... I just can't seem to get my color palette to make those colors... I have a hard time changing the strength of the color and finding shades... Maybe I just need more observation i dunno
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Yup! You're on the right track. Just observe more from real life and try doing painting studies of other drawings so that you can figure out how colors work more
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Got you! Thank you for the advice I needed it a lot... I just recently gotten into digital art so yeah. WELL THANKS FOR EVERYTHING DOE!!!Β Β Β Β
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Goodluck with learning digital art!
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Wow, brilliant idea to put in black and white to see contrast !! That is so helpful !
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Oh this is definitely something I need to practise! Thanks for sharing
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ah...I can't seem to understand this topic at all..maybe this is the reason my art is such a fail?
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Just keep going. Perhaps you can start with basic coloring!
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I love how you phrase things XD I wish more tutorials would Β take this humoristic approach, makes it fun and not so dry and boring
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Lovely tutorial, thanks for the tip about checking your contrast by putting it in black and white.Β
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I really like this! I will try sometime ^^
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just because this is an art tutorial doesnt mean you can use art without sourcing it.
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Oh gosh this is so good. I was trying to explain to some friends at uni about how the choice of colors affect volumes but I just couldn't and sdflkajdfasd Β I thought I understood but I was lying to myself all along.
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Oooh, thank you so much for this! I'm just starting to learn lighting, so I didn't know this stuff before. It's sure to come in handy!
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Yay! Another tutorial! Thank you for the tips!
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