The Art of Color Theory

[@ActuallyRea]

What’s your favorite color combo 👀

[@clover-bb5ps]

PINK AND YELLOW IS GOATED (source: animal crossing roses)

[@zenxesty]

Bright green and purples!! I’m actually a huge fan of neons

[@Spowuk]

orange green and yellow my beloved

[@thecheshirecatboy1920]

So lilac/pastel purples definitely, but I've learned to like lilac or lavender as an accent color to Mute Green. Not sure how well these colors work together, but I like 'em.

[@bluejujuartz]

Pink-yellow and pink-blue combo. Scratches my brain in such a good way,,,

[@UnderworldArtist]

You're telling me that everyone *doesn't* just black out when its time to colour and wake up with a fully coloured piece? Just me?

[@-GREMLINPEN-]

Don’t worry you’re not alone.

[@randomnpc7773]

LOL that's so real

[@fluffydragonart1515]

Wait, there are people who don't do that?

[@Annagator-ze8oo]

Yeah I’ll freak out a bit because I have no idea what to do when it comes to coloring, then like an hour later my peice is magically colored.

[@Henrikqu3]

ME TOOOOO

[@cart00ny_punk013]

having “ugly” things in my art is something i want to achieve in my art, so thank you so much for the reminder that colors are mostly ugly!!! i have always struggled with my colors and realizing that ugly colors are such a huge part of coloring is eye opening

[@Gamesalotl]

But hey, that’s just a theory, A COLOR THEORY

[@ccherry.berryy]

Peak comment

[@TheRibottoStudios]

God I miss Matt

[@Gamesalotl]

@@TheRibottoStudios me too 😭😭😭

[@danielstokes2127]

Thanks for Drawing!

[@Freakz0id]

DO NOT USE FATHER MATTHEW PATRICK’S NAME IN VAIN!! (Lol)

[@Sedulouis]

10:56 "I kinda like when girls are mean to me". you know what. . . I feel you.

[@theblazingredcomet1954]

That comment went so wild and I've never agreed with a statement more

[@mangle9143]

She decided to speak the truth and I agree with it

[@sybilyvonne]

Me to for realz

[@RainStorm_5155]

At this rate we're gonna have a playlist just full of June teaching us how to art AND I AM HERE FOR IT LET ME LLEEEAAAAAAARRNNNN 😭😭

[@nosygamer7662]

Lol same he’s so good at explaining and let’s us watch the process so we actually learn.

[@meuikii9255]

YESSSS

[@Del-CD207]

You better make it public. Please

[@flounderingfish2480]

@@nosygamer7662June uses He/they pronouns, actually!

[@nosygamer7662]

@@flounderingfish2480 oh thank you so much for informing me I’ll change that immediately. ❤️ i didn’t mean to use wrong pronouns.

[@PatentPended]

FINALLY someone who’s not just like “learn colors idk bye 🤓” THANK YOU RAE!

[@PaolaGuijosa]

Their name is June btw! ^^

[@PatentPended]

@@PaolaGuijosa thank you! I’m aware, but i tend to say “rae” when addressing their online persona, which is their online persona’s name! I appreciate the feedback though ! ❤️/gen/nm

[@_-Valley-_]

One of the things I’ve learned over the years about color theory is that every color goes with every color so long as you have the right shade

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

Rea is probably one of the most technical artists on youtube. Everything they put out is just so intensely beautiful and well-constructed

[@ActuallyRea]

Thank u so much omg!!

[@sugarquarter]

“ Southern June doesn’t exist , he can’t hurt you .. “ Southern June :

[@pokeysoda]

I love the KIND of lessons your videos have been about, like it's not just teaching you an art skill, it's teaching you HOW TO LEARN new art skills, all by yourself!!! I think that's so valuable and goes a long way in making me (and likely everyone else too) feel like I can actually do it. I'm at that part of my life where I'm taking a step back like Damn. Learning really HAS been fun this whole time. Thanks for spreading that energy ❤

[@ActuallyRea]

I’m so glad!! These have been really really fun to make 💗💗

[@ItsBluBun]

June in their art tutorial arc and I'm so here for it LET HIM TEACH US HOW TO COOK PLEASE 😭

[@acidicvagabond9343]

god BLESS honestly like this is something ive needed because i also prefer cel-shading bc i hate blending but i NEVER understood it and also never understood other color theory videos because they dont do this!!!!!! they just yap in a technical sense how it works and im a VISUAL learner!!!!!! show me what tf ur doing im dumb!!! but you take the time to not only show how you do it but EXPLAIN why its helpful and show it in ACTION if no body got me i know june got me

[@ActuallyRea]

Visual learners unite!!

[@ArcticFFox]

I realised today just how much June's art has influenced my own art. To me, 2016 was just a couple of years ago, I still feel like a young teen who just discovered the pokemon Nuzlocke content a bit ago. In reality I'm a grown adult in my 20s, pursuing art as a career path. 'Rea' has been a part of my artistic journey for nearly 8 years now and I can see a lot of tiny details in my own art, having come specifically from their artwork. It's an interesting discovery, but a fairly welcome one as it keeps motivating me to keep going.

[@Neloch4]

the craziest part of this game is how close the 3d artists and shader techs were able to so closely replicate Haccan's style which is so dreamy and bathed in light. insane project all around. love the video!

[@feelingkoii]

ngl every ginjaninjaowo video is an EVENT in my friend group

[@CrystalGeny]

ok but genuinely, the way you explain "art rules" is so helpful. thank you for the inspiration and tips!!

[@silversugar2140]

Ugh that bit about ugly colors is something I really need to hammer in. I just hate it haha.

[@ActuallyRea]

I sat on that advice for at least 7 years before I really took it to heart and I’m certainly still struggling with it, I feel u lollll 💗

[@skitten02tapp99]

I’m personally loving these “Study With Me” style videos! Most art videos are simply the process of making art, but these are more about learning together and I think that’s so amazing! I love getting to see other artists’ processes because everyone goes about art so differently. Sorry, I’m rambling. Great video, June. Thank you for being awesome! (Also I love how your style is evolving. It’s like candy for my eyes and I want more lol)

[@TheRibottoStudios]

Not related but kinda, but the moment I saw this pop up in my notifs, I thought of the jab Shadow makes in the trailer for Sonic 3 "You're a colorful bunch." Cause see-see Shadow is a black furred hedgehog, making fun of the fact that Team Sonic are the primary colors. Shadow being black means he's quite literally void of color, since black itself ISN'T a color. It's the result of a lack of light. It's why those red highlights look so good on him, and why he's so closely associated with the green chaos emerald (that and another major reason lol); the color contrasts really well with his own. I'm. Such a color theory nerd.

[@wtnv]

the last artwork with careena desperate to get out of the sun is SO freaking cute oh my god.... your composition work is amazing!!

[@ActuallyRea]

Waaaa thank u!!

[@babeysheep]

I love color theory bc I hyperfixated on it for some reason lmao My favorite color theory trick is just to slide the hue of a color when you make it darker (like with the first character example; shifting the red towards blue as it gets darker to make a purple color 👍) And YES to using muddy colors; it's so important ❤

[@sunderthorme]

overlay is my beloved layer mode, she’s great for shading textured clothes with lotsa colours

[@DatNinjaCow03]

As a colorblind artist, I love seeing color theory stuff explained in a more understandable way, even if it all seems too overwhelming for me still!!

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

"learn the color wheel" is just as good advice as "learn anatomy"

[@TaroGumz]

a proportions video would be a strong need... 😞 but I LOVE THIS IT PERSONALLY HELPED ME SO MUCH

[@caserect]

I feel like me and June have the opposite problem when it comes to colors. I always go for the "ugly" colors as my base and go for more of a contrast but shy away from the brighter more fun colors. Watching Junes videos have made me realize this with the difference of my art being more diluted and almost calm while Junes art is bright and energetic, its more expressive. Its definitely something I want to work on now so i guess what im trying to say is thank you for showing me this!

[@sour__sin]

it is insane how consistently inspirational you are, it is BEAUTIFUL to see you thrive

[@Mossheart1129]

your advice in this video about needing "ugly" colors to make the brighter ones more beautiful is genuinely so helpful. i consider myself awful with colors, and i think this video is really going to help me to put more thought into my pieces rather than assume everything will be fine, or picking randomly and throwing an overlay on it to try and harmonize. thank you so much!

[@crowbuncle5986]

I've been trying so hard to learn this exact stuff for ages and have just felt completely lost about where to start with learning it, so THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!!! I feel like I actually know HOW to practice and learn now, which is just insanely helpful THANK YOU!!

[@mgert]

i ADORE how june does studies!! one of the things i admire most about them and id love a deep dive on their process everytime they do them,,, one of my biggest inspirations and i wish i could do studies like they do

[@haldiroot]

I'm such a sucker for these types of videos where, yes, we get a tutorial, but we also get all the in-between realizations you have while you're doing your art studies---it's really fun to go through :D

[@digitalscribles26]

After watching your video remaking your Shiney animatic i started doing short studies of characters before making animatics of them and it’s UNBELIEVABLY easier to make dynamic movements and shots when you just take a little more time to understand how the characters look and move. it seems so obvious but i’ve always been the type to jump straight into projects the moment im inspired so i’ve never really thought to do it before 😭😭

[@kratangg-arang]

It’s wonderful every time you do a video like this to give a few pointers. The way you explain and teach really help! The colors you use and how you’re able to make them feel so right is *absolutely ensorcelling* , especially lately so this is like the perfect thing for you to talk about fr.

[@spookyspider2820]

i really appreciate how you and your team approach sponsorship videos, you elevate whatever you guys do by just finding meaning in it besides the product. I also actually go look at whatever you guys endorse as well cause you guys make it look super cool!!

[@genie0561]

legit love this even if it was mostly a sponsorship (nothin wrong w/that; gotta get that bank) , but its also super helpful especially with the ugly colors thing and the analogy about color burn! Another fabulous video june :D

[@TennelleFlowers]

Ohhh, really great study! I love the final pieces

[@TennelleFlowers]

I've been doing a lot of painting studies on older Disney films lately and the thing you said about "ugly colors" really clicked something in place for my brain lmao

[@Callumpoe]

June oh my goodness I’ve been having a color theory crisis and this is perfect timing

[@ActuallyRea]

I’m here to help!!

[@oinkatomic]

i've been watching you for several years now, you were one of the artists the kept me going as a wee little 10 year old, and now i'm 21 about to graduate college with my degree in game art & animation. this past year especially, i've come to realize that i want to pursue character design and concept art as my long-term career goal, and your recent videos on your processes and studies have helped me SO much. i really do appreciate them, keep em coming!!!!

[@delrodriguez9422]

I love the fact that I can kind of identify based on the asset for the video or tiny animation Oh this is Wisp based on how the nose is drawn or this is Izzy based on the colors and the hair, etc. its fun 😊

[@mothsinmysocks]

I love the way you break down your process and how helpful this really is for artists that arent able to further their education or be critiqued (like me lol) its been inspiring seeing how much your art has changed and it gives me hope ill get outta my art funk and feel like im at a peak again, pleeeeaaase make more vids like this I love your content!

[@ducktbm]

I love your studying/technical videos ab art They inspire me so much to keep learning The fun you have doing your studies remind me how Fun creating and learning should be Whenever I feel frustrated with art seeing your videos and seeing you have fun with studying and doing new things with art make me want to get right back to it Thankyou:>

[@FrightfullyBlue]

I love study time with June! Very pretty colors, I'll definitely have to take some of these techniques to my own art

[@delrodriguez9422]

I love both of the pieces I particularly love both the line of action of Karinas body and tail aswell as both of there expressions but the thing I wanted to call out that I appreciate the most is actually the way you basically put all your power into rendering Karinas hair and gold and left her body mostly with flats with 1 or 2 highlights and the big shadow. Instead of lets say also rendering her tails scales like you did your boy Vaporeons pants you left it a flat fill with colored lineart and a small highlight and it works better. Remember kids "when everythings over rendered nothing will be " -Syndrome, The Incredibles 2004

[@that_rat289]

I struggle so much to find a pretty way to use the muddy colours thank you for this

[@drawnathan]

imma be earnest for a sec is that ok? great lessgo i’m really loving these study videos you’ve been doing lately. as someone who’s been trying to improve his art and make it fun again, it’s been great to sorta do it alongside an artist i’ve really admired for a long time! these studies have been really great learning opportunities for me, i’m excited to apply them to my own work in the future!!

[@AuroraVile]

I'd honestly love you're take of a study on backgrounds. Cause it could help me understand why I don't enjoy them or find them difficult.

[@kiimio]

All your small tutorials r always so helpful 😭 its a lot easier to understand than most tuts

[@Avipoppy]

bruh whenever June talks about studying it just- I can’t describe it but it gives me a good like motivating feeling that nothing else can quite replicate

[@makialene3188]

I was so excifed when I got the notification for this video!! Your art has been improving so much lately, but ESPECIALLY your colors

[@benruniko]

I have loved the Mana series since I downloaded an english modded rom of Seiken Densetsu 3 back in like 2001. Beautiful game, some of the songs and moments made me tear up when i was young.

[@SebAeph]

There’s this theory that if you smack a bit of red into an interior when designing it looks cohesive no matter what. I think that holds true in a lot of cases and I’d say red and most colors look great together. I really like red ❤

[@frootsnacc6790]

The genuine passion and love for art I can feel oozing out of your words and pieces makes these videos so enjoyable and honestly motivational with making me wanna get up and draw something

[@6stones666]

Please please pleaseee make a video about studying backgrounds!!! Its something I personally am learning about and your videos are so helpful in teaching me ways to study art!

[@Gr3yScale_]

can’t believe KZbin would keep this from me for 29 seconds

[@DarkHeart09_]

Color theory is such a painful but your process really has helped me learn a lot! I’ve been trying to replicate your processing for things like studying and it has made huge improvements so thank you!

[@Thrush_Fire]

THE ENBY KING COOKED AGAIN !!! ❤❤❤

[@mrcwillis6970]

I feel that at the beginning lol. Love colour so much. Wish I was better with colour and especially shading/lighting. Thx for sharing more of your ideas and beautiful art. 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

[@abidaabida1624]

Thank you for this! I needed help with figuring this out it is litterally so complicated.

[@_Coriii_]

Can you do an anatomy video if you haven’t already? I want to learn anatomy but I’m honestly scared to learn it because of it complicatedness but the way you simplify things is SUPER helpful and fun and I’ve learned so much from you and pretty please 🥺🥺🥺❤❤❤❤

[@cartooncass1726]

11:42 omg thank you I never knew that. this will be so useful

[@THE_ENBEEZE]

June, my fellow gay and enby artist, you are honestly more of an expert in art than even my art teacher from high school and just teach us new things and I just have to thank you for it. Have a good day!

[@BlissfullyPeachxy]

All your drawings are always so so pretty. I would love to see more of these "learn with me" typa videos

[@sketchyghost_yt]

I love these study videos, they’re such a helpful point to improve my own art!

[@-GREMLINPEN-]

I didn’t understand half of the things you said in this video, but I love it so damn much. Also Rea, thank you for making yourself a plushie. It is so fun carrying the plush around and DEFINITELY NOT feeding it markers. Definitely not.

[@tundra4331]

honestly i really dont like most sponsored centred videos, like yeah im sure you think the character and story and writing is amazing theyre paying you but rea's content is always so yummy to gobble up i dont even care

[@davidbettcher8843]

I studied color theory in college! It was an eye-opener!

[@startuxio5958]

JUNEEE!!! MAKE MORE ART TUTORIALS AND MY LIFE IS YOURS 🙏🙏🙏

[@UrFavoriteFrog]

THANK YOU SO MUCH JUNE I NEEDED THIS

[@UrFavoriteFrog]

They really are showing us that even professionals have trouble with colors

[@burntpieceoftoast]

12:10 flashbacks to the corin incident

[@ActuallyRea]

NOOOOOO 😭😭

[@bees170]

What’s the Corin incident?

[@burntpieceoftoast]

@@bees170 when they were super zoomed in drawing the character corin’s face and when they zoomed back out it looked like she was shitting 😭

[@blueskycobalt1241]

as someone who’s learning a bit of colour theory currently in college this makes me happy to listen to :0

[@saragrekey]

I really love your recent content about improving! It’s been so helpful and inspiring

[@Basically_Taiga]

Love watching your study videos!! I always learn so much and feel inspired from watching your videos! Awesome work!!

[@rei..-meoww]

I love June oh my gosh >

[@RisingJay]

ayo some of this is stuff i've been thinking about, but never fully put together :O very valuable insight!

[@localmenacetosociety]

I love messing with layer modes but i gotta say that multiply is my BBG when it comes to lighting

[@Bloomss.]

This is an absolute video about color theory. I’ve been trying to replicate How you study art and now colors!!

[@wednesday6809]

actually in awe of this whole video, so inspireddddd

[@yourqueercake416]

I’ve been loving these videos where you’ve been explaining your process of how you do art, I remember watching you when you were doing MAPs and all these animations and think “wow, I want to draw just like them!” Today you are still inspiring me and teaching me all this stuff while I’m ALSO going through an art shift, it’s kinda like we’re all learning together and it’s been helping me so much!! As I continue to grow in my art, I hope that I will be able to hit your level of knowledge and understanding of this even if you’re still learning yourself ❤❤!! (Side note: I’m sorry if this sounds weird, I have trouble wording things correctly and your recent videos been helping me a lot lol)

[@Cheeseburgr69]

This is defo going into my art tips folder

[@lupisvulpix]

Your videos always help me get outta art block!

[@SuperCommando567]

I found this channel, and I’m starting to like it, so I subscribed! :)

[@stufflifeart6103]

Recently for layer modes I’ve been using a lot of lighter colour and darker colour I find that this makes the whole painting look more harmonious and the contrast works better for me it’s really fun to mess with

[@Dragmiredraws]

My art teacher always said, “Push your values,” I didn’t know what that meant at the time, but then after I started studying values, I understood, and I hated it, then I loved it

[@CloudySkyler]

Love ur videos! Your artstyle is honestly so amazing! And like eatable it’s like jelly

[@Vulpineberry]

You picked THE best time to make this video. Color theory is my biggest bully rn T_T

[@GrainsOfArt]

I will be using that value trick! But I really love listening to these ^V^ as an artist that fell in love with colour theory I genuinly love seeing an artist I admire learn things I have and how well you word it.

[@Tyranicalroomba]

JOY JOY HAPPYNEW VIDEO you give me so much confidence and I've been improving sm!

[@HereIsSky__]

JUUUUUUNE!!! MAKE A VIDEO ON PROPORTIONS!!!! AND MY LIFE!!! IS YOURS!!!

[@orbs_orb]

YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS

[@AisyahHeartly]

Hi lil orb.

[@ActuallyRea]

😋

[@junojunojunojunojunojunojuno]

IM LIKE A RABID DOG FOAMING AT THE MOUTH WHEN JUNE POSTS I EILL DO ANYTHING FOR THEM

[@wildestfox1]

Your experimentation with colour theory over the years has really inspired me to push myself and learn colour theory!!! This is so helpful❤ Im so sad i missed the print signing i wanted a pink art print by you SOOO BAD JUNE😭😭😭 Your art is so pretty and colourful!! pls JUNE if you can hear my cries pls make a pink art print i can buyyy when you release merch

[@overworkedwarlock94]

This video came at the perfect time for me! I'm trying to pick a color palette for an oc and this helped.

[@AudileSiren]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! Please do a proportion video! I've been experimenting more with from observation and varying my own character designs, but I have SUCH a hard time with knowing where to start. Your style study video was awesome (I might end up studying you haha), and I love this one, so I think a proportion video would be so very helpful

[@puppyhowler]

i've always loved how you use colors in your pieces, your art is so pleasing to see!

[@Runzi333]

I would love to see you do a greyscale to color workflow! As in painting and rendering in totally get scales to get the values then adding color with a color layer etc. We learned that in college and it was really neat and different from what we were used to

[@xoderota]

I'll be honest the one thing I know I'll remember from this video is that visions of mana is really similar to tales of symphonia, apparently, and as such I should play it

[@ccherry.berryy]

JUNE THANK YOU FOR GRACING US WITH KNOWLEDGE

[@THVNDRCLOUD]

I’ve always found myself bouncing between all attractive colors or all muddy/grayish colors. I guess this explains why my art never quite looks how I want Also I’m glad u put this out!!! I’ve always been enamored by your color choices, especially when it comes to lineart color and ESPECIALLY when it’s lineart of skin. It’s always so fun and pink and red and??? It makes no sense to my peanut brain but it’s SOOOO pretty every time

[@kathrynn5899]

Always love seeing content from you, makes me appreciate art even more seeing the absolute adoration you have for it! Thank you for inspiring so many artists !!