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:icondarlingmionette:
My Quick & Dirty Color Theory Tutorial. That turned out to not be so quick >.> I got absorbed and explained a lot more than I originally intended. LMAO I hope you guys find it useful :)

More tutorials to come!
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Quick and Dirty Color Theory by =DarlingMionette ( Suggested by !sweetychan and Featured by ^Elandria )
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=DarlingMionette Mar 19, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
I'm glad you found it helpful!
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Mood: Joy *Zjacklee Nov 16, 2012   Digital Artist
This seems to contain everything I would ever need to know about colors to start painting. Thanks for sharing!

One more thing... (hope the question is not too noobish. xD but i'm clueless about colors)
before I even start choosing colors for my objects, the first thing I have to have in mind is my atmosphere right? And then choose colors according to any rule(triad, split complementary etc) based on that chosen atmospheric color as the main dominant color?
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=DarlingMionette Nov 16, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
generally yes - the aim is to use the atmosphere to give your pic an "overall color scheme/look"- you want your color scheme to be cohesive - where it all looks like it's connected and part of the same picture.... when you don't factor in atmosphere or set a overall theme color, it can look really cartoony and fake. examples:

WITHOUT overall color: [link]
WITH overall color: [link]

skill/subject matter aside, the cohesive color schemed picture is more visually attractive than the one where the colors are just all over the place. It's easiest to choose your atmosphere as a main color for your picture because it will encompass the entire picture... secondary colors or complimentary would be in the figure or focus area of your image.. and then you'd use a contrasting color to make details within the focus area/figure stand out.
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:iconloonyfred:
That is a wonderful tutorial! Than you so much!
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*Cardboredbox Oct 23, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Awesome. Will definitely take this to heart. Thank you!
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=DarlingMionette Oct 23, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
:D you're welcome!
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~ShaydetheDragon Oct 1, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
What program is this for?
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=DarlingMionette Oct 1, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
any program o.O it's general color theory. it applies to real life as well.
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~ShaydetheDragon Oct 1, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Ah. I just had to ask, because it doesn't specify what program you used, and it looks like Photoshop Creative Suites...which a lot of people don't have.
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=DarlingMionette Oct 2, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
i've never used photoshop creative suites in my life XD
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