Reading 7 Notes - Feb 20th

100 Tuesday Tips

Color Comp

Color thumbnail approaches to what your final color would be.

 - Begin with an idea of the basic color combination you want.  Ex: Blue and Orange.

 1.  Do different combination of the same hue, but change the saturation and value of the hue.

 2.  Pick three and do different color comps.

 3.  Pick one and do a final.

Use an Anchor Color

Pick one color to use as an anchor and apply basic color theory to create a simple color palette.

 - Use Triad or Complementary colors to create a basic color palette.

 - Experiment with darker and lighter versions of each color.

 - Pick one and do a finished painting.

Color 101

1.  Basic Hue:

 - Primary

 - Secondary

 - Tertiary

2.  Color is relative - the temperature depends on what you put next to it.

3.  Basic color theme:

 - Triadic: red, yellow, blue

 - Monochromatic/Analogous: three colors next to each other on the wheel

 - Complementary + Split Complementary: colors across the wheel

90-10 Rule

"Rule of Contrast"

 - Your eye will always go to the area of highest contrast/difference.

 - 90% of something and 10% of the opposite. (Put the 10% on the most important part of your piece.)

   1.  Value: positive and negative shape

   2.  Hue

   3.  Saturation

70-20-10 Rule

Basically the rule of contrast with an accent.

 - 70% of one general color, 20% of a different color, and 10% of an accent.

Color Palette Split Complementary

Complementary Colors are colors directly opposite of each other.

Split complementary colors, the opposit color is split.

Creating Easy Color Palette

1.  Find an image.

2.  Filter - Pixelate - Mosaic

3.  Color Pick a general color.

4.  Increase the saturation of the color closer to the original painting.  If you don't do this, the painting will be desaturated.