Color Theory In Minecraft: All Lessons (Correction in description)

CORRECTION: Adding white makes a TINT, and adding black makes a SHADE. I have this backwards in the video.
A supercut of all the basics of Color Theory in Minecraft!
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00:28 Value
02:50 Hue and Saturation
06:44 Local Color
08:46 Contrast
12:50 Temperature
21:40 Harmony
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[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

CORRECTION: Adding white makes a TINT, and adding black makes a SHADE. I have this backwards in the video.

[@maximillion322]

One more correction, sorry. Some of the complimentary colors you showed were wrong. The compliment of Green is Magenta. The compliment of Red is Cyan. Green and Red are not complimentary colors. The color wheel that is most commonly used has an abbreviated light spectrum because it was developed in ancint times to accomodate the pigments that they had the ability to make paints out of, but it is not an accurate representation of the visual light spectrum. In the visual light spectrum, the three primary colors are red, green, and blue, which is why these are the colors available in screen pixels. Their secondary colors are Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta. In printing, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow are the primary colors, because unlike monitor screens which emit light, pigments achieve color by blocking light. In olden times however, Cyan and Magenta pigments were not easily able to be found, and since painters could not use them, they were not represented on the color wheel. Their more commonly found approximations, Blue and Red got upgraded to being called “primary” on the old color wheel alongside Yellow. And they technically were primary, since you can’t make Blue or Red unless you have Cyan and Magenta, so they weren’t able to make those colors unless they found them in nature. Anyway that’s the history of the color wheel. That’s also why you’ll notice that Green and Magenta as well as Red and Cyan look so pretty compared to highly saturated Green and Red Best of all, Minecraft does have these colors in the 16 color concrete palette.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

@@maximillion322This is true, technically, but it depends on the context too! I actually discuss this in more detail in the deep dive episode coming out in the near future. Since this video just covers the basics of color theory, I used the traditional primary color group, but we will be going in to additive vs subtractive, traditional and modern primary groups, and even different color spaces and some history in the deep dive. But overall you're correct! maybe it would be better for me to present it that way right out of the gate to avoid adding to the misconception, you've given me some good food for thought, thank you

[@haph2087]

The way I remember it is that shades are like colors with a shadow on them. Made darker. Though, annoyingly, the most common thing people think of with "tint" is dark tinted glass on cars, so it's understandable to mix up.

[@teenspider]

​@@TheLoosestOfGoosesalso, blue actually has the darkest value among the colored blocks, not red

[@maximillion322]

@@TheLoosestOfGooses well, the reason that the old color wheel exists in the first place is due to technological limitations that we don’t have anymore, so there’s no real reason to keep using it other than for the purposes of documenting history, as it’s just plain inaccurate when it comes to how color actually works. Teaching it as basic color theory is like teaching students in low level math that there’s no such thing as negative numbers, only for them to immediately have to unlearn that in order to actually progress.

[@LilChuunosuke]

As an illustrator, I've watched hundreds if not thousands of free and paid lessons. I have dozens of color theory tutorials saved. This is legitimately one of the best color theory tutorials I've ever seen. You've taken such a complex subject and explained it in a way that is so clear and easy to understand, even for people who have no background experience in illustration. I'm seriously impressed. I hope you're proud of these lessons because you truly should be.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Aw shucks 😅 thank you so much!

[@cakelover7070]

Dude that was the first thing I said while watching this! I was like “oh this’ll be interesting” and quickly changed to “oh shit I actually need to take notes” haha. This was extremely informative!! :)

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

@@cakelover7070 thank you so much!! :D I’m stoked you got so much out of it

[@ZippydaSquirl]

The yellow-to-blue gradient section really opened my eyes.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Good! That was a big revelation for me too when I realized it

[@Wemzii0]

Think of it like having 2 complementary neon lights on a white wall :)

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

@@Wemzii0 that’s a cool way to think of it!

[@cynicg]

How the heck are you better at explaining color theory in minecraft than graphic design teachers in university? i always had trouble understanding color theory and you explain it so well!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

I don't know! You only know something as well as you can teach it, so I practice explaining stuff a lot lol

[@curicuri8228]

I was thinking the exact same thing LoL, 2 years og graphic desing, nono, 30 minutes minecraft video, OH YEAH

[@WBR44]

I think sometimes folks want to sound more smarter like when they teachtalk so they over complicate things by convoluting their lesson with ambiguous phrasing of exponentially large vernacular that showcases their own lexicon, rather than the lesson at hand.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

@@WBR44totes fr bruh 😎

[@4flyingfish]

If you removed the Minecraft blocks, this is a first-semester art class! This is super solid! Thanks!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

second semester starts soon!

[@4flyingfish]

@@TheLoosestOfGooses - We look forward to it! : )

[@iamaylacat3935]

Minecraft is actually a really neat way to explain these concepts of colour theory. In other mediums, people like to claim that there is some sort of trickery going on, but in Minecraft the vast majority of blocks don't change colour, so you can more easily demonstrate things like the way colours look very different depending on surrounding colours by relying on this fact.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

It is! There’s some principles I can’t really do in Minecraft, but most of it translates really well.

[@CatwaiiYT]

​@@TheLoosestOfGooseslike what principles?

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

@@CatwaiiYT color Mixing is the biggest one haha

[@GeoJerb]

i’m classically trained in cartography and i have to say… it’s crazy how many places we can apply color theory! loving your channel

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you!!

[@Felfu_]

color theory sure is a nightmare thanks to stuff like different perceptions and optical illusions (for example, where 2 identical grays look brighter or darker based on what's around them)

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

There are some seriously tricky situations when dealing with color 0_0

[@declanleigh2618]

Just as much as it is a nightmare, it allows for some pretty cool tricks like were shown in the video, so I'm also grateful for these illusions!

[@SixDigitOsu]

Why is a guy talking about colors in Minecraft so damn interesting?

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

😎

[@gljames24]

That yellow to blue gradient is actually what a lot of color blind people see as the color spectrum as red and green are merged to yellow. The only nitpick is that the ice block has a bit too much green in it.

[@TehKimmeh]

I'm a hobby artist and I've had trouble understanding all of this for so many years despite what other artists posted. I think the fact that you show many examples with pre-existing objects (AKA things I've already seen) helped solidify everything for me. Thank you!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Woo! I’m glad I could help!

[@thealandude9146]

I've been procrastinating to learn about colour theory for my art, so this video sounds perfect to me. Once I am done procrastinating to watch this video

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Haha get to it!!

[@testificatetales.4575]

Please never stop making these videos, there very helpful! I'll try doing the "assignments" both in Minecraft and digitally drawing. Keep up the good work

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Ay thats awesome! Ill do my best haha

[@kulappam0554]

I think that would be: 2-4-1-3 (from warm to cool). The 2 is because it has a bit of yellow shade. And then 4 and 1. They are both grey, but the 4 is lighter, and as we used to a warm things being lighter than a darker things, 4 looks warmer than the 1. The 3 has light blue local color.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

You’re correct! But remember, value doesn’t necessarily affect temperature. 4 leans towards yellow, and 1 leans towards blue

[@toblocksMC]

I did some research on color theory recently and I want to dive in deeper. So this video is super helpful. Thank you Goose!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

You bet! Deep dive episodes are coming soon 🫡

[@emchmu]

this helped me a lot to understand the meaning of "relative" in a colour theory sense, thank you so much! :D

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Im so glad I could help!

[@lemonboi5349]

16:22 2 and 4 are warmer but 2 is the warmest. 1 and three are cool, but 1 is the coolest

[@littleaudity]

bro how is a Minecraft color theory video the way i can finally understand color theory incredible work! so glad this popped in my recommended

[@geeatsomc]

I've been building for so many years now, but still, this video was SO educational and helpful. It's always great to learn something new and the almost 30 minutes felt like 3. Great job, you're amazing.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you so much! YOURE amazing

[@jakey6274]

I'm not the most educated on color theory, but out of all the tutorials I've watched about color theory this is probably the best one. If my friends ask me to explain color theory I'll definitely show them this video.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

That means so much to me 🥲 thank you!

[@Galvloi117]

Really neat video, I knew a bit of color theory but seeing it on the game was nice to put into perspective

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Glad you liked it!

[@louisBrother1988]

Me who’s colourblind and never played minecraft: _”ahhh yes, very helpful, good to know”_

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

haha well thanks for checking it out !

[@bettercrystal2827]

I've genuinely sometimes wondered what contrast was, because it's everywhere, to my settings, and the other things in this video were useful too. I'm not an artist, nor a minecraft builder, YET.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

YET!

[@TheCoffeePowder]

This is really entertaining and super informative!! The demonstrations given made me thoroughly engaged; 27 minutes felt like 12 minutes. Definitely something I will be using as reference multiple times. I can't believe this stuff is available for free!! Awesome job 👍

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Free? You should be getting a bill in the mail soon, I charge by the minute, and even though it felt like 12, you’ll be charged for 27! lol thank you though!

[@ILIVEmusic09]

This is probably the most helpful block palette video I've ever seen and breaks down color theory in an easy to understand way. Great for Minecraft builders but also i think a great video to help kids learn about color theory in a way that both actually makes sense and also is probably more engaging than the art teacher lecturing them in class when they just want to color and be creative 😂😂😂

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

I really had hopes that this would be accessible and useful to kids and adults! Thanks :D

[@creativecraving]

Thank you so much for this video! It's great to hear color theory in context of the art medium.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank YOU for watching it!

[@eliasthememelord]

This is super high quality and educational! I’ll definitely be applying this to non-Minecraft art as well :) you should have more subscribers

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you! Its definitely applicable to any kind of visual art :D haha thanks, it happens one person at a time!

[@co-jt6gd]

MY GOD THIS WAS AWESOME! How you don’t have more subscribers is beyond me. I especially like how you covered relativity in color temperature, because I feel like most art lessons don’t cover temperate colors (which is around yellow and green, as well as purple: they’re all temperate colors). And when I take a painting class next semester at university, I’m definitely gonna show my professor this video.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Im honored! tell me how your uni class likes this vids haha

[@Hotcoca-kk4fu]

This is an amazing tutorial for color theory basics in general. Thank you for making such a comprehensive reference! I can’t wait to use this to brush up on color theory for my illustrations!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you so much for checking it out!

[@bendydragon4476]

I don’t think I’ve ever sat through a video like this without getting distracted. This was honestly the best way of describing color theory ever and I am so glad I didn’t scroll past this.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Hey that’s awesome! I’m glad you liked it so much :D

[@Dukestergames]

Absolutely incredible video! Color theory is something I always struggle with and these combined lessons are extremely helpful

[@nessybleedsf8]

This video deserves all the views, good job and your color theory is spot on!

[@Hexaraxia]

really cool vid! I dont play mc much but this will def help with art! 16:13 gonna go with 2, 4, 3, 1

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

I hoped it would be useful to anyone, even if they dont play, so thats awesome to hear. Almost! 3 is cooler than 1, so its 2413

[@FundamSrijan]

​@@TheLoosestOfGoosesyes , I guessed the correct order

[@jaypab]

Wow this is a great video. I've always had an intuitive sense for color theory within Minecraft, but putting it so concisely like this is such a valuable resource!

[@Asahiz_]

I didn't expect someone would teach ART using MINECRAFT, this is gold, i already watched Marco Bucci color theory tutorial, but, lets give a try to this one lol

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

let me know how you feel it compares, id love to hear your thoughts

[@Asahiz_]

@@TheLoosestOfGooses i liked how you taught, made me watch all art tutorials explained in Minecraft haha, i would like to watch the perspective ones, even if the game itself is perspective lol

[@cinnabun3659]

This is genuinely one of the most helpful and wonderful videos I’ve ever seen, you’ve done an excellent job explaining these things to me and now I understand color theory a lot better and have lots of awesome ideas of how to apply these, and I noticed some themes for example I tend to like to use triad color pallets :D

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Ayyy that’s awesome! Thank you for taking the time to check it out

[@1SYNTHSTAR4]

Dude earned himself a subscriber had me entertained informative and really felt like I was with bob ross for a second there, thanks for the video.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Im so glad! wait till we get to the deep dive episodes, they get wild haha

[@1SYNTHSTAR4]

well be there 🤝 @@TheLoosestOfGooses

[@kokomiya-fz3yo]

omg this is so good and helpful!!! not just for minecraft building but also art in general and making it in minecraft makes it so much simpler and easier (though i still need to warp my head around temperature) but man this is amazing thank you!!!!

[@soup2865]

I love that you assign homework after all of these

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

I love when people complete the homework haha

[@seamuskills]

This was genuinely cool! As someone who is attempting to get better at pixel art, this will be very useful!

[@gertjust4927]

Honestly, great series, it's being really useful!!

[@innatsubear7409]

thanks for this! always struggled with color theory but this helped me understand it a bit more :P the yellow -> blue and shading sections really helped :)

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

glad it helped you out! thanks for watching

[@______Daniel]

Fantastic video. I’d love to see these in practice with some builds!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

You should check out the discord! theres some seriously amazing builds.

[@user-pi1wt3oe9k]

Thank you, so kind to make a video explaining us this

[@rtxmis]

thank you so much man, this is an incredible resource! You're an excellent teacher, and I can't wait to put this to use :)

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you!!

[@reubendeeley3830]

This is amazing, you deserve to blow up, actually learned so much thank you!!!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you!

[@tangomango2353]

This video has helped me understand color theory a bit more. I will definitely be coming back to take notes and try to build using the principles in the video.❤

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Awesome! Thanks for checking it out

[@ReikiMeiki]

this is amazing thank you for this work of art

[@Feyblade]

Super good explanation of everything in such a short amount of time! :)

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you!

[@spoonicustraumaticusthethi6800]

What a strange thing to see in my recommendations! Very enjoyable regardless, you explained everything in a very easy to understand manner, this'll be really helpful for my own projects!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

I’m glad it found you!

Wow! so comprehensive! Excellent way of explaining the subject!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you!

[@tlpenguin3758]

16:20 i think 2 is warmest, it feels orange yellowy, then 4 which feels more green, then 1 kinda beels bluish/purplish, and lastly 3 looks more bluish to me

[@teenspider]

This helped me understand color in general, thanks!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

thank YOU

[@austinrichard8046]

Awesome video These concepts in Minecraft is sick to see

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you!

[@barelyalextv]

I thought surely you had 1 million subs. This was an awesome video, keep at it dude, you’re about to blow up on here

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Ayy thank you! I can only dream lol

[@yaycupcake]

I went to design school and I haven't played Minecraft in years but I saw this in my recommended and I think this is such a well presented, educational yet fun idea for a video series. I'm definitely subscribing to see more.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you very much!

[@Danvenrit]

very enjoyable video! You deserve many more subs, and recognition. Great quality stuff!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

thank you so much!

[@cbmagus49]

The two types of compliment are actually spelled differently! The one that means saying something nice is "compliment" with an I in the middle, while the one that relates to colour theory is "complement" with an E in the middle ^^

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Someone pointed this out already haha thank you though!

[@coopb0751]

This is awesome! Thank you for making this :)

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank YOU for watching it!

[@chan7914]

you are really a great teacher actually, giving example and giving clean point

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you!

[@slaycouture69]

Very informative. You’ve earned a subscriber.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you :D

[@BonomiShow]

Amazing video!!!!! I didn't know this channel and this video inspired me to do something similar, but in Portuguese. I'm a teacher and I believe that bringing content like this can be very useful in helping students think more, using something they are already familiar with (minecraft in this case). Once again, congratulations on the inspiring content. + 1 sub here.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

That’s what it’s all about! Tag me in one when you post it so I can check it out

[@khayuri5360]

criminally underrated

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

haha thank you!

[@AlexisTwoLastNames]

i’m using talk to text so I hope this comes out well, but I think it’s important to mention the differences and spelling in the words, complimentary and complementary. To compliment something for being pretty well with it,uses the eye and to be contrasting from something this is the E.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Oh thank you! Speling is not my forte lol

[@AlexisTwoLastNames]

@@TheLoosestOfGooses lol i just think it might help people understand the difference if they’ve never heard “complement” especially for color before

[@sophiegiberson3222]

I can't believe I'm high af and learning about color theory from a minecraft video

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

It’s a crazy world we live in 🤙

[@DannyIsNoMan]

bro is better than my actual art teacher.. wtf 😭😭

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Welcome to class!

[@0verly0range]

I'm not gonna lie, I thought you were a larger youtuber. New Sub!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

After today I might get there! Yall are amazing, thank you

[@0verly0range]

@@TheLoosestOfGooses I forgot to say that the information was really helpful!

[@captainwishbone]

This is incredibly insightful! You are a good teacher and I will absolutely be using your methods!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

hey thank you! cant wait to see what you make

[@Alpine1]

Unreal video

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

It’s REAL!

[@myle6384]

this was so enjoyable for some reason

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Soothed by the voice of a goose

[@user-on1mc8pg4c]

I really enjoyed this, as someone looking to level up the build game with more adventurous colours :D

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

glad it could help out!

[@thenuggywuggy8389]

I like this, just another artist sharing tips :)

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Glad you liked it!

[@DouglasGordo]

This was very helpful, thank you. I learned a lot.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@reykaellie]

Why did this teach me more about color theory than those like 1 hour videos

[@CoGames_]

Very interesting video! Another cool YTber found!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you!

[@impala100]

Incredible stuff dude!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you kindly!

[@radwl]

A little tip, if you're seeing flashing black lines when trying to figure out the local color of a block, increase the mipmapping setting in video options!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Ahh thank you, too late for the screenshots but still very helpful

[@idrk3707]

what a cool video (pun not intended) i love color theory and i love minecraft so this is the perfect channel for me

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Ay thank you!

[@lunareclipse623]

Thanks! :)

[@creativecraving]

3:27 Actually, they _might_ have the same hue, although you'd never know with the nearly-zero-saturation light gray.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

The light gray is a very warm gray, and full saturation would land near a muddy orange I think, but youre right, it could just be a lower saturation of the same hue!

[@xukiomi]

very high quality video for such a small channel

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

hey thanks!

[@angry4rtichoke646]

This looks awesome! Any chance you could add chapters to the description, to help navigate throughout the video?

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thats a great idea, Ill do that!

[@angry4rtichoke646]

@@TheLoosestOfGooses Thanks! This is going to be a video I come back to as I learn to make nicer looking builds :)

[@shrimpee899]

What mic do you use? Sounds great!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Samson Q2U, pretty good value for the quality

[@bennie1079]

at around 20:30 when you show the coloring of base mineraft's shadows, I SWEAR I could see some lime green before the yellow tint (what I mean is the part of the shadow that is closest to each lantern.) I am unsure whether or not I am colorblind.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

I know what you're talking about, it could be a few things. Everyone's monitor is different, and color and lighting are going to show up differently. I also think as the light fades and theres a cool, white, background, it kind of appears green. It might also have a little green in it haha

[@FolliYt]

Good stuff man

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Thank you :D

[@3044Smike]

I think there might be a slight error with your lighting section; i think the froglamps have a warm, cool, and neutral lighting option. I could also just be seeing things and it may just be the color of the lamps themselves throwing me off.

[@1Jaxol]

Finally i can get my quack (you are a gosse so I thought I would make that joke) together and learn color theory this will help with builds, and art

[@Juanthemovie]

This is absolutely great! its educational in both minecraft building and color in general! I learned so much about both with this and I love the fact that you gave some homework which i would normally hate with a passion but in this case it's surprisingly fun to try it out and even have the option to post my results on your discord! idk man this is actually really fun to watch and might actually help me become a better builder. If you have plans to make more videos similar to this then sign me up to be a full time student!

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Second semester starts soon! Im so glad that you found something that made it fun to learn :D

[@trvshady]

This video is incredible why doesn’t it have more views…..

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

It’s getting there! This is way more views than I ever expected lol

[@samuelwaller4924]

thank you

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

youre welcome!

[@briansepolen4917]

Complement is what i hear you using in this segment of your video on Contrast. I am a computer programmer by trade. Compliment and complement are homonyms, i believe. There is a concept when dealing with binary numbers called two's complement, which is sort-of an opposite number in a byte or a word.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

I did mix those up, spelling isn’t my forte lol

[@NiceHyper01]

Very useful

[@vivivalley]

what shader is being used at 17:48 ? i love the way the light hits the blocks

[@fletch4231]

Bro how do you even figure this stuff out?! I never would have guessed that snow blocks would be lighter than white concrete..

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

I just put em next to each other haha

[@fletch4231]

@@TheLoosestOfGooses sounds about right. Everyone’s just had a moment like, I wonder if that’ll work? And then boom it’s a revolutionary thing that changes humanity :P

[@auldrick]

Good introduction to color theory. Just one quibbling correction, however: The two meanings you gave for "complimentary" are actually spelled with an "e", that is, "complementary", and they come from a Latin root having to do with completion. The spelling with an "i" also comes from that root, but no longer has a closely related meaning: Its modern meaning only relates to certain social graces.

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Yeah someone pointed that out when I first posted it :/ I take psychic damage from it every 12 hours

[@joshuawalkermusician]

If I concentrate really and give myself a smidge of eye strain, I can take the temperatures of the shadows that you talked about. 20:38

[@bilyyj]

You made me a future builder. (Maybe some part of me)

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

😁 GooD!

[@deadsong2646]

Dude i fucking love the internet, thank you for this master clean video lesson god bless yall

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Ayy you’re welcome!

[@KatSun3i]

Told me more than art class ever did in colour theory lol

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

Nice 😎

[@WavyDane]

thank you sir goosington

[@TheLoosestOfGooses]

You are most welcome my wavy friend