How to Pick Colours for Your Art

Sometimes, when I want to convey a feeling of Idk, depression? Panic? Fear? I like monochrome with only a few bits of color. guys pls stop liking this im not an expert DD: I hate to be that guy but why are you people still liking this comment fr

Literally this video saved me from repeatedly using different pride flags as color palettes instead of making my own color schemes, thank you

A tip with lighting and shading: when you color shadows, and you are trying to create a rich color scheme, use a warm color for the shadows of the lighting is cool, and vice versa. If you shade with black, blending can look a bit muddy, but it is doable; pure black shadows can be used against very bright stark lighting and create amazing contrast when done well.

6:50 so true. No colour has a set meaning in art. It's all about what you make using that colour. Oh man I really gotta start picking a sort of colour palette/theme before I start drawing, my colours are a mess

A fun thing that subverts choosing colors for yourself is the greyscale challenge. You generate a random pallet while your tablet or screen is set to greyscale, and you just color away. It makes it so much fun to find out what the colors end up being!

I love thinking of different ways you can apply colors. Like she said, red can be passion, anger, love, and it's even used by fast food places in their logos to make you hungrier. Colors are wild

Oh my God... Why is this the first time I'm seeing a "Graphic design is my passion" poster? It's... pure art.

Thank you! No more mediocre coloring from me😎

im glad you pointed out that complementary color schemes are tricky. most people think "oh, complementary, that means they'll go well together easily!" nah. imo as a long time professional artist they are like the hardest hues to make a good scheme with. also heres a tip-luminosity to distinguish shapes (starting with grayscale or monochrome coloring is good for this), change/add hue for expression/emotion, and adjust saturation for expressing how intensely that emotion is being felt. this is my golden rule. Oh yeah, and always use vegan and cruelty free paints/art supplies! They aren't v and cf a lot of the time.

this came 2 me at the perfect time! i have spent most of my life avoiding color, but was forced to use it in high school art classes. i fell in love with digital art and prismacolor and being able to play with color schemes, but ive been reliant on using the overlay layer and the color picking tool.

despite knowing a lot of this info for years now, for some reason whenever i try to make my own pallets they're always pretty ugly. like, in my head i KNOW what color combos that i think are gorgeous, but then i try to add them to my art and they look nothing like they do when other people make them. i just end up copying colors from other art, and that makes me feel bad ;-;

I feel like instead of just yellow, or green.The primary color should be highlighter yellow.It’s like the perfect mix.

This video gives cool art teacher vibes, professional, straight forward and engaging!

I'm usually a fidgety person so sitting still through a 13 min video shows you're great at teaching. I've been on and off art for 3 years now. Currently on it again and I already see loads of improvement by "sleeping on it" and being devoted to it. This year has been by far the longest I've spent drawing and I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel because it's quick and informative. Easy for fidgety giant like me to absorb. Thank you :) <3

every time I see red and green I think of christmas. every time.

Very helpful!

I've already been using color schemes in this way without knowing anything about it! It's good to be able to put names to things and let's me know I still have more to learn. Thanks for this video!

you talk in the perfect way my brain understands and makes it so i actually feel like im learning something

This was super informative and helpful! I'm learning how to draw digitally and painting has always felt like a huge mountain, thanks for this video!

Every video I've seen from Winged Canvas is packed with value. Thanks for sharing the extensive knowledge and providing us newer artists with the tools to help us improve.