What your Army's Colours say about You?

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Hey all, you guys asked for it and we made it, an in-depth version of this topic, if you wanted more than here it is! You asked for so check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYqrmXp8gLVgmrM

[@isaacfransonfilm2139]

It's also worth pointing out, that RavenGuard and Raven Wing have white as accent colors, while Black Templars mostly Red and Gold. Both are intimidation, but the white communicates precision and cleanliness. The red and Gold is like violence and glory.

[@GusMortis]

Ironic that with the white representing cleanliness for RavenGuard they were involved in the dirtiest of tactics.

[@beeeeeesbury]

​@GusMortis so were the dark angels at one point tbf 😂

[@Mikey__R]

The Imperial Fists colours are from the German coat of arms. The medieval German states tended to prefer yellow, red and black, sometimes white, which is why the Black Templars have the same colours only in different amounts. The Habsburgs coat of arms incorporated blue as well, which I suspect is where the Crimson Fists get their Prussian blue livery.

[@benoitwolff2750]

What are you talking about? Black Templars also have mostly white as an accent color.

[@DoomStarRequiem]

Cries in Custodes Gold, Silver Skulls silver, and Bronze Minotaurs.😢

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

ha ha ha, well this is one of our longest videos (since my wife and I restarted the channel) so we felt as if we pushed more people wouldn't watch... plust this was a very hard week for us, I did 20 hours of driving in three days (two ten hour trips). Would a video on metallics be interesting?

[@DoomStarRequiem]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow it would be nice. Maybe you guys could do something like what other types of paints we can use on minis... I remember reading something like acrylic ink silver and a sepia ink used to paint gold minis. Would be super cool. ❤️

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@DoomStarRequiem Well we are going to do our audio today and if your subbed by Friday we usually let people know what the up coming video will be

[@HappyLittleBattleDamage]

In heraldry, when you want to draw a scheme from armor on paper, silver armor is denoted by white and gold by yellow so technically they were covered by the video 😊

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@HappyLittleBattleDamage Your not wrong, but don't worry a video on metallics coming out - Sunny

[@MechaBorne]

Purple and green fan here. Villains are often depicted in this color scheme because early comic books were only printed with a handful of colors. So the heroes all got printed in more patriotic colors, red white and blue, with yellow accents. Superman, Captain America, the Flash. Villains just got stuck with what was left, purple and green.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Yeah! I briefly came across this topic of why villains are green and purple in another KZbin video when I was getting things for this video. But you know if you turn this exact same colour combo into pastel tones they can be used in a more positive light. This is me being a girly girl here but Techna from Winx Club has that pastel green and purple scheme and she is one of the good guys ~Sunny

[@MechaBorne]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow hahaha I watched just enough of that show back in the day to remember she was my favorite character. It definitely seems to have some association with magic and sorcery, possibly because it’s a rare or unnatural combo, but it is just such an aesthetically pleasing color scheme! At least to me lol

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@MechaBorne Your not wrong - Sunny

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@MechaBorne I am so glad that Sunny is here because I have zero knowledge on Wigs Clubs or My horses or any of those shows like Ra She - Cal

[@thuglousmacorcer5387]

There is a happy accident there. Green is a sweet spot for your eye, in that it is the easiest to process. Red and blue (purple together) are the hardest. You put them next to each other, and the eye has to work even harder to process them because of the extremes.

[@parkermaisterra8532]

Feels weird to call the World Eaters being cold and reliable until you remember that they were primarily like that when they were the War Hounds before Angron was discovered

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I know right... It does feel off but before Angron feels like it should be an epitaph

[@Mikey__R]

I've just noticed the similarity between the War Hounds livery and the Miami Dolphins logo!

[@abelbabel8484]

Everything I do ends up being a variation of black-white-red.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXe1eWBqh7SMiJo You may enjoy this episode - Cal

[@x4ndro]

Fantastic video very captivating. Loved both voices and the enthusiasm.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for the compliment - Cal

[@Daabai]

I love that you did not limit your explanations and analysis to hobby factions but also included company logos. The content is therefore more easily understood for a variety of applications. Thank you!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I am glad it helped, and thanks for telling us what works for you, this helps us make better videos

[@mini_acrylics]

As a mini painter, Warhammer-er, and dentist -- hues, chromas, and values really interest me! This was an insightful video and looking forward to more like it

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

We are really glad to be hearing a lot of positive feedback, video on metallic this Sunday

[@mini_acrylics]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow I can't wait!

[@roryhatfield6696]

This was very interesting and entertaining. I feel that you should make a full series about this. Each color should get its own video

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

We are already work on one on metalics we may continue with individual colours if this is popular enough but I feel that we will run out of real depth very quickly. But if people like it I am glad to do it - Cal

[@LordBilliam]

"You think tea, you think Lipton"... *sips tea Britishly and raises an eyebrow* 🧐

[@Wintericecrystal]

It's not even sold here, is it?

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

The old reliable

[@matth6897]

​@@WintericecrystalDon't think so, no.

[@peterclarke7240]

"When you think of tea, you think of Lipton." As a Brit, that is an intensely depressing thought.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Well it has a lot of market domination, you have to understand the British fought over tea so your opinions on tea might be a little more intense than the rest of us

[@mayofrench5170]

I think an analysis of ho metallics fit into the color psychology would be interesting. What does adding the metallic element do to modify the psychology of the bolor it is derived from?

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

We have a video on metallic coming out this Sunday!

[@Grubnar]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow **Stares in Iron Warriors**

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@Grubnar Sunday its only 2 days away its not even a full 48 hours...

[@Grubnar]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow You think I have PATIENCE??? It is 2023, nobody has patience anymore, we all want instant gratification!

[@peterrasmussen394]

“The only predominant use of orange in Warhammer was the Tau” Forge World Ryza had never seen such bullshit before

[@robinfox4440]

Black is also a very formal and traditional colour. Combined with the Black Templar's cross, it's very much about heraldry, tradition, and their function as the Space Marine chapter most associated with high office, working closely with the Inquisition.

[@DefeatedElite]

IIRC the templars only try to work with the inquisition as little as possible, due to the templar's stance on the codex astartes they have higher numbers of marines. The inquisition are eary of the templars because of the potential threat of turning traitor. The templars actually due their part in making sure the inquisition gets off thsir backs. TLDR Black Templars didn't read a space book of rules. Inquisition thinks they sus, Black Templars do their part to not have to deal with them as much as they have to. Edit: I could very much be wrong but I am writing this from memory, so take it with a grain of salt.

[@changer_of_ways_999]

Or it can be very chaotic, representing formless darkness, churning tar, smoke, rich earth, boils on skin, crawling insects, inky emissions and cold tentacles. No color has a fixed meaning. It's all bullshit

[@MrPikaGammer]

Harley Davidson is heavily associated with orange, if you go into one of their dealerships half of the merchandise is orange.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Good to know, however we used the logo as the common scheme for most people, I have a feeling you may know a bit more about them than the average joe so to speak

[@MrPikaGammer]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow Not much more. I've just been in one of their dealerships a few times to buy my uncle a gift. He's a big fan of Harley Davidson, so their merch is always a good pick.

[@BouncingTribbles]

Before watching: red green in Orks and Circle Orboros After: Circle Orboros: forest green cloaks, golden armor, and flaming red hair for the vengeful, elite, druids. 40k Ork Boom Boys (back in 3rd, before it was cool): predominantly blood red with wildly varied green skin. I used highlight colors based on my three divisions: blue for meks and heavy weapons, yellow and orange for speedsters and mobile weapons teams, black and purple for stealth. The horde of boys wore browns, and pale blues and greys, with red and black highlights and accents. Then the leaders of those units had saturated blues, darker browns, and large areas of red. It's funny how much of this I actually studied in school, but how unconsciously I applied it

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I guess some of it stuck!

[@boy5390]

Black and Yellow, Iron Within, Iron Without

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

We also have a video on metallics if you want to see about the iron part ☺

[@rmartinson19]

Another point about black as a color of strength, it's been noted that black as a color shows no weakness. An enemy soldier in a black uniform could be bleeding out in front of you, and you wouldn't know it because you couldn't see it. You could tie that into its connotations of mystery as well, since it hides and camouflages any weaknesses on the wearer's part. Black to me also carries connotations of seriousness and professionalism, because it's not a peacocking kind of color. It's the opposite of bright and flashy. With that and the cultural context of black being the most common color of business suits and military dress uniforms, I've always interpreted it as the color worn by people who are here to get the job done without fanfare or egotism. All of that is a big part of why I painted my army predominantly black. Though I also added gold trim because I like the contrast and it felt like it gave them an element of class and refinement.

[@supersaiyandiclonius3056]

You didn't mention Orks when talking Green!? YOU ZOGGIN GITZ!!!!!

[@Nomadith]

I typically stick with the lore over the colour/painting side of the hobby, but this was really insightful! Thank you to both of you!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I am really lad you enjoyed it! Why didn't we see this comment earlier... KZbin bad... Thank you so much for your comment

[@cornonthebob4208]

Purple, White, Blue, and Pink Adeptus Mechanicus bby!

[@olavc.oevele1902]

I very much like your dialogue-heavy presentation style. It helps to think along and to keep me focused - because every comment has to be build on the last one and so every thought step matters. Thanks!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thank you very much for the compliment - Cal

[@stoneysshed]

I’d be super keen to see a full series on this!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thanks we have received a lot of feedback like that

[@andyduke6119]

That was an amazing episode. Would you consider covering all the factions and mentioning what their color schemes invoke? Or maybe an episode on how color theory ties into color psychology.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I am really glad you enjoyed it! We don't want to be too Warhammer focused, but... that other idea about how colour psychology and colour theory work together sounds interesting, we may actually do an episode on that.

[@BigTastey]

Absolutely fascinating video guys!! Loved this!!! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Glad you enjoyed it! If you liked it you may like the follow up video we did on metallics kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2THe3SlfLKLgJY

[@kurtixwarlord3278]

Very interesting! I painted my Drukhari in purple and green without even realizing hoe many "classic villains" are portrayed on those colours, but i love it even more now hahaha

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

A classic blunder, ho ho I think not Batman 😁

[@nubbles162]

I would like to hear your thoughts on the Mantis Warriors colour scheme.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Their colour scheme is reminiscent of a mantis (obviously) but they are embodying the more modern look of militaries with the idea of camouflage, indeed in their lore they are one of the marine chapters that do use camouflage in guerilla warfare campaigns.

[@JDSG360]

This vid really makes u realise how clever the gw painting team is on deciding how to paint the minis.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

They are very good but we noticed something interesting with what they decided to do with metalics as that is our next video based off the feedback

[@sethrinker9944]

Please make more of these! I would specifically love a video about how to select a color scheme for an army based on an invented backstory. When you said that the Dark Angel's colors were chosen BECAUSE of their backstory it really got the wheels spinning! Which is helpful, as I'm working on Freeboota Orks and I'm hitting a wall. Any suggestions are welcome!

[@Yormolch]

Browns and Blacks that are broken up by shiny objects and ones that are brightly colored. Pirates have red, white and blue as their usual colorscheme, so giving them brown/black pants or shirts and making the other part red or blue or white with red or blue stripes works well for the boys.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

This was one of our video idea for our next video after the metallic one this Sunday. If you looking for a good place to try things out try the WAYPN group on Facebook found in the description.

[@isaiahcasey1678]

My custom chapters armor uses primarily gold with accents of green and white, the energy effects and lenses are red, and they use a knight-like aesthetic. If I was to apply color theory, the gold armor presents dominance, which is mixed with purity and hope, and their stronger weapons are tinged with rage and passion. The red eye lenses also probably shows an inner passion that colors how they see the world. That fits a lot of what I was going for, neat! I was also trying to use white to represent wisdom and skill, which is why their bolters have white casings instead of red.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Fair assement (insert not bad nodding meme)

[@isaiahcasey1678]

My wife says my marines look like they are trying to project that they are regal, they are Right, and you should do what they say, and they loo like they are very aggressive. "Like the brotherhood of Steel."

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@isaiahcasey1678 Yay for wives - Sunny

[@datcheesecakeboi6745]

"can you think of a more dominant brand of tea" well yea we have yorkshire tea, pg tips, Tetley in fact i forget lipton is tea, seems like our friends across the pond have a distinct culture with colours too

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Well if you are here in Australia it dominates big time, but... I have the feeling you might be British and the British talking about tea well... I don't think there is any winning there, just because Sunny is Indian doesn't mean you can conquer us or because I am Australian you can throw us in jail... (These are jokes, I have to put this caveat on her because some people in the comment sections lose there dang mind)

[@datcheesecakeboi6745]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow wait you guys are aussies? i thought you was american xD my apologises

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@datcheesecakeboi6745 Are you a Karma Chameleon because... "Do you really have to hurt me? Do you really have to make me cry?" We are not American 🥲 We aren't that positive or outgoing

[@datcheesecakeboi6745]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow yknow now watching the video again I can hear the accent, I'm so sorry xD

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@datcheesecakeboi6745 🤣

[@Samael6685]

Not a Warhammer player, but my army of outlaws are purple with a touch of green... I think it's fitting.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I think your comment got set on repeat so I am responding to this one and removing the others

[@secutorprimus]

My main color for my army is a solid orange, but I use red as an accent color. However, like you two mentioned, I do use a desaturated orange. Ryza Admech, rusty brown-orange.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

What force do you use?

[@secutorprimus]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow Force? I don't understand the question.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

What is the army you play I am guessing space marines but that is the question

[@secutorprimus]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow ohhhh. I play Admech

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@secutorprimus Oh cool so do you play the Ryza faction?

[@gamechanger8908]

"Midnight Blue" "In Midnight Clad, we have for you"

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Almost as if I chose my words carefully...

[@danncozey]

Loved thissss thank you!!! ❤

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

If you loved this one we did a follow up one on metallics you may like ttps://kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2THe3SlfLKLgJY

[@marianolorenzo2852]

White Scars are literally one of the most expresive chapters. All ther warriors are encouraged to do some kind of art and poetry. Besides, they are one of the most "humans" of all.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

But... did they stay far away from their other brother legions and do their own thing rather than being a part of integrated forces? A.k.a cold and distant?

[@sandervandegarde569]

I have only seen 2 video's of you guys, both about color (or colours if you like that better) but I do like the way you work together to explain things. I just like the way things you 2 explain things and you have lovely voices to listen too as well. Kind regards from the Netherlands

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thanks for the positive comment, as for if we prefer colour or color, I am Australian and Sunny is Singaporian so both former English settlements so we just used that spelling 😊 if you say something like klor we may have some trouble 🤣

[@_SpiritDan_]

Found this video to be quite interesting. Got me curious about my own armies because all of my current 40k armies have some variation of brown or tan as one of their two main colours. Marines have zandri dust base washed with agrax and higlighted back up to zandri and karak stone, then complemented with off white shoulder pads/chest eagles. Tyranids have earth brown highlighted up to brighter averland sunset for their carapace then leathery brown flesh (was old scorched brown highlighted up with increasing amounts of snakebite). My tau are the darker brown/steel legion drab paired with a black that mixed in a bit of bone. Went with a brighter blue/turquiose for the spot. And my necrons are the more desaturated tan with graveyard earth, paired with a black mixed in with some more brown, and then their green glow effect as a spot colour. Looked up the meanings of brown and tan and got reliability, practicality, simplicity, and grounding/stability. Seems to be a very fitting colour for my personality, and is probably why i like it so much.. .

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

If you are a big painter and want to get good feedback try our community on Facebook which we link here in the description

[@toombs24]

I'm really surprised GW put that much thought into the Legions with colour matching lore/back story. Even from the start and the accidentals like White Scars.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

glad you enjoyed the video

[@FuhqEwe]

14:45 I hate these filthy Neutrals, Kif. With enemies you know where they stand but with Neutrals, who knows? It sickens me.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I have no strong feelings about this one WAYPN or another

[@Scarhandpainting]

Been painting stuff for like 25 years now, but never really delved into the psychology part of color theory. This video was very informative. Keep up the good job guys.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thanks I am glad you found it useful, was any of it surprising to find out?

[@Scarhandpainting]

Was interesting in general as I never put much thought into how we perceive colors. Blue being reliable seems obvious now, when we thing of the sky, which is always there, no matter what. Your video gave me a push to look back and reconsider colors and why most people feel the way they feel about them. Suddenly 40k studio color schemes begun to tell a story, which is awesome.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@Scarhandpainting Thanks for the detailed feedback

[@baronvonjerch]

Fantastic video *chef's kiss* I never noticed how many villains use a purple and green colour scheme. Blew my mind! 15:48 A slight correction there. The Dark Angels were the template for the other Space Marine legions. That's why they were the 1st Legion, why Lion El'Jonson is technically the eldest Primarch and why all Space Marines are called the "Angels of Death".

[@SoulCrusherEx]

Very interesting stuff and summary with good examples. I enjoyed this very much. Thx

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Glad you enjoyed it, we work hard on them

[@trentthehehim3936]

Fun fact Brown is just dark orange…

[@BrenGamerYT]

I love how the Salamanders have the color of hope and nature and yet their preferred tactic is setting everything (except the children) on fire

[@trentgarton639]

Unless it’s eldar children!😊

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

But Eldar aren't people, unless Vulkan lied? No Vulkan lives.

[@rystat]

orange being representative of a young child like energy fits tau really well being the youngest race in the setting

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

100% notice when they were no longer the newest race with the votan being new how the colours changed - Cal

[@ShockArcl1te]

No joke this was really insightful for preparing and choosing my color scheme.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I am glad it helped and I left a very rambly comment to your other question

[@Sectux]

Purple is a colour that is defined by its country of use. In Britain and the countries they colonised, purple is attributed with royalty, and high standing, due to the restricted use of the colour in clothing only for the royal family and their close allies. In America though, Purple is used to denote evil characters, as this leads back to the American revolution and the hatred of the royal family. In eastern countries, purple was used in both high and low standing cultures, depending on its tone. Lighter purple was romantic, and kind, whilst darker purple was more secretive, and showed the possibility of deception. This is why Disney / DC / Marvel villains use purple, as it comes from a restriction of that colour only for royalty. It evokes the idea of 'better than you' due to the difficulty of its manufacture. In nature on the other hand, purple is a warning colour. close to blood red, it denotes poison, and death. So deeper purples are avoided.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Yes this would be a great example of how a colour's meaning changes according to its hue, saturation and cultural background ~Sunny

[@JonarusDraconius]

And now you have me wondering if the colour scheme I came up with for my custom Space-Marine chapter actually "fits" with how I want to portray them... ^^; They are called the "Voidwyems" and they are meant to be stealthy and secretive. The 'core' of their armour is a very dark 'midnight blue', but the outer portions (hands, feet, shoulder pads) are a much lighter blue (only slightly darker than that of the Ultramarines). Their primary chapter-wide accent colour (so not the company specific colours) is a dark 'crimson' red. All of their colours are meant to be more 'muted' (less saturated) because of their stealthy nature - bright colours make you easier to see after all.

[@jaybeepainting9413]

Sounds perfect to me - think about the Night Lords, also stealthy and use the same idea of midnight blue. I think generally, most people who create a custom scheme and lore usually get it right, whether consciously or not. Nobody would think 'here's my stealthy chapter - they should be red!' because the psychology of colors relates to innate, learned information that is in our genetic code. Dark blue reminds us naturally of night time (think about how every night scene in every movie is lit, ever!) we know what colours 'feel' right to us because it's in our very nature.

[@natelittle3878]

Just found your channel today and have been pleasantly surprised by your content. Great job! Keep it up.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thanks, we will do our best!

[@kenlap5355]

Thanks for a great video. What about a topic or series about exploring each chapter based on their color scheme having an in-depth guide or analysis on their identity as a chapter? Not only to space marines but the other factions as well, including the xenos. Again, keep making videos. You guys are awesome!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Your not the first to suggest an idea but we want this to be a general hobby channel, and not to be 100% all about Warhammer so more people can enjoy it, however we do have a video planned about how to give your marines meaning, talking about heraldry, colour psychology, model meaning and so on

[@yawgmoth55]

The Imperial Fists are builders...their armor is a relic of ancient Terra known as "High Vis".

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Ha ha ha, "We the vis-high, in ancient Terra it was both a sign of warning and great wisdom and insight" Rogal Dorn... probably :P

[@yawgmoth55]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow The Iron Warriors painted the ancient sign of danger on their weapons, if you get hit its your own fault. They warned you in the front!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@yawgmoth55 ha ha

[@davidruiz9020]

"You see green more than the other colours" (Cries in desert's dweller) Nice video!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thanks

[@phillbosque2183]

I designed a homebrew chapter with Khaki and pauldrons are orange with a black trim. I tried to tie it into a desert homeworld’s colors

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

nice 🙂

[@Shane1873]

May be I missed it but what does brown mean? I have done 2 of my 3 armies in brown.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

We didn't do brown in this one but we are doing it the in one we are working on as voted by the people In-depth colour theory and psychology. We will hopefully... be releasing it next week however we are currently at 24 minutes and we are only finished secondary colours so it is going to be a long one... If you like to keep updated subscribing is the best way. Hope you have a great day

[@Shane1873]

I have learned a lot from your videos. Subscribed!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@Shane1873 I am really glad

[@RuneKingOleifr]

When i was designing a colour scheme for my Successor Chapter, the problem i had was my need for making some a "little different". Being a Space wolves player, for the armour i first tried variantions of blue, but with SW already being a light blue-gray i always ended up with a lighter blue i wasnt happy with. Next i tried to make the blue darker, but in my head i just ended up looking too much like an Ultramarine. I couldnt really use my favourite colour red either, as i didnt want to look too much like a Blood Angel. Eventually, i settled with a dark green (Castellan Green), in between the dark green of the Dark Angels and the lighter green of the Salamanders. Then my shoulderpads would have a black trim, with a semi-bright red within to contrast the darker green. My hope is it will draw your attention to the shoulderpads, and the chapter icon, first. Additionally, my chapter also paint pure white runes on their armour, as medals/bagdes of honour, making another great contrast. I have also then written my chapter's homeworld of Kir as mostly covered in a giant redwood-esque forests, so it kinda also works as camoflagde. Im not sure how the deduction would result in for my chapter. Would i also be 'Forboding' or something similar?

[@virgilromero3252]

When I paint my salamanders army, I’ve got specific themes for each model/unit. For example my dreadnoughts are different types of green from a bright green leviathan fighting off night lords, to my darker green redemptor who just smashed a daemon. It’s from the perspective of the daemons for the redemptor

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Yeah a lot of colours will have specific meaning to units that's common throughout history too

[@virgilromero3252]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow I didn’t know they did that with different tones/saturations with colors. I guess I shouldn’t feel bad knowing my entire salamanders army has different shades of green. The darker greens also represent older/veteran marines where bright ones represent initiates who graduated. Kinda like how reptiles change their tones as get older

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@virgilromero3252 😊nice to give meaning to those sorts of things

[@virgilromero3252]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow that’s the hobby, I’m happy gaming companies give us this freedom to create our own story to supplement the main ones. After watching this video I’ve discovered how to use different saturations, which earned you guys a sub! Keep up the great content

[@Rytxyd]

Thanks for a great video. I'd love a part 2 of this, with a maybe more indepth look. Taking metallics into account and more about greys. Oh and how adjacent colours on the colour wheel affect each other from psychological point of view. Like what does a bluish green represents in comparison to a yellowish green etc.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

We have already finished our video on metallic and it will be out this Sunday, and we briefly talk about the idea of colour pairing in the video, we may be going into more depth in the future but we want to talk about a diversity of topics

[@lionheartx-ray4135]

So I'm doing a custom space marine with primary color Troll Slayer Orange and highlighted with Grey Knight Steel. I wonder what that says about me.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Well you will have to watch the video on metallics coming up

[@florence9606]

Using this video to figure out what to paint my Battletech mercenary company. Good typography and editing as well 👍🏾

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Awesome! Thank you! Sunny says "I feel validated, because Typography was my weakest subject... but I had a terrible teacher." We glad you enjoyed

[@crackedhammer4612]

This is so interesting please go into more detail

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thanks, we have a video on metallic coming up

[@crackedhammer4612]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow awesome,thank you very much

[@Strikerkong]

I use a yellow and black color scheme.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

industrial or snake 🐍 danger style?

[@Strikerkong]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow more like hornets, so danger style.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Nice 👍

[@ominousmecha500]

Huh so the extra aspects of my chapter that I came up with may have come from my scheme the valiant knightly idea that I have associated with them came from the royal purple and warm yellow

[@BonktoHead]

This was incredibly insightful. Awesome video!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Glad you got something out of it

[@raltusgaming]

My tyranids have a base of yellow ochre with a brown contrast paint over the plates and body, and a pink for accent on the muscle like spots. The guns are a darker blue highlighted with a lighter one. If I ever get around to finishing the marines they are going to be a successor rather than a main line. I was originally going to go orange with the type of background I was considering. I've since changed to Pro Acryl's bright warm grey with red lenses and Pro acryl shadow flesh for the cloth. Accents are light bronze, with a bit of gold and a black arm on the one chaplain I've finished.

[@touchofoblivion6186]

So glad KZbin recommended this video to me. It was so so interesting and I'm looking forward to watching the follow up video tomorrow. What you said about colors fits with my custom Space Wolf Chapter colors. Primarily red, black as a secondary, metallics are trim/tertiary. The idea of red being power and ferocity(violence is what I believe you used) mixed wtih the intimidating power of black suits the lore I've cooked up for them. Also the fact they're a deeper red(same color as the Word Bearers Chaos Marines) makes me feel like they have a "controlled" or perhaps "contained" violence. It's not wild like the World Eaters or Blood Angels, it's a controlled tool.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

We are really glad you enjoyed it We finally got do the BIG ONE! If you enjoyed this one you may enjoy this kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYqrmXp8gLVgmrM

[@jordanmay3287]

I didn’t think I would enjoy this video. I just clicked on it because I was bored and it popped up in my feed. Boy was I wrong. This was actually very informative and entertaining

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I am glad you liked it, what made the difference for you do you think?

[@jordanmay3287]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow I tend to like informative videos regardless of the subject. The presentation of raw information combined with what felt like genuine enthusiasm for the subject material, and connecting it to a topic I'm already passionate about made the video really hit home.

[@warpeace3755]

Loved this episode, I've understood most of this for a long time but always appreciate refreshers and relating color to 40k. I wonder about color combinations as well. Are we supposed to take each color on their own or does having multiple colors ever take on a new meaning? Like what was said at the beginning, the US flag, the russian flag and Pepsi are all red, white and blue but have different meanings. I'm personally struggling with coming up with the right color scheme for a force of what I imagine a cross between Vashtorr and World Eaters would be. Maybe I can give you guys some unit names and you guys can help me. My "Chaos Eaters" complete with Dark Mech Techno Cultists, Vashtorr's Forgeborn Marines, and if it ain't a Daemon engine then some bit of symmetrical coverage of flesh metal to appeal to his calculating and exact nature and Vashtorr would embrace cultist and marine alike, not just some chaos version of Ad Mech. He probably would only care what color his troops were for the sake of victory but he wouldnt do camouflage. So I'm like how do I cross Black Legion with World Eaters and make it work for Vashtorr but then his armor is bronze or brass...

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

With the combination of colours if one is an accent colour it usually emphasizes the majority colour's qualities, some of the time clashing colours will bring out new meanings (clashing is colours on the opposite side of the colour wheel) like Green and Purple, being villainous as we said. As for clashing black legion and world eaters you could take a look at "Lheorvine Ukris" put that in a google search and it should point you in the right direction

[@warpeace3755]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow I appreciate the directing, he looks like a mottled red World Eater, and that pretty much sums up his lore. I could potentially pull that off with a sponge but I was hoping to save that for wear and tear on the edges.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@warpeace3755 I am not sure on how to paint it but, I am really glad you found it useful

[@Skeebarr]

Love the video! I'm working on a commission for friend and this video has really helped me to understand some of the color choices that my friend has chosen for his model. Whether the colors are his favorite, I don't know, but this video definitely opened my eyes to something deeper. Now I just need to make the colors work together. Lol

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I am really glad it helped with your commission work

[@ianschneider7998]

Would love if you guys looked at color theory of parade schemes of Battletech factions and their different units. Lots of different colors that would be interesting to see what you feel they are attempting to protray. Really cool video though. Glad I stumbled upon it.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Well we did cover some battle tech stuff in our big deep dive kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYqrmXp8gLVgmrM

[@yanomamo89]

Heresy era World Easters definitively had one of the best color schemes.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I would say I love the Dark Angels orginal scheme because I am a Lion man, but... saying you like black as an original legion colour... it's so original... so very original ha ha - Cal

[@Matthew-Light]

Having played with toy soldiers most of my young life, when i eventually started collecting 40k in my twenties I chose T'au and painted them in the T'au sept colours despite my love for imperial factions from the video games and lore. The hobby has revitalised that childlike energy I used to have, and now the choice of the T'au seems less odd in hindsight. Interesting video.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

We are glad you got something out of it. Makes sense you connect with that youthfulness

[@LichKing36]

What is the meaning metallic like gold and silver?

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Take a look here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2THe3SlfLKLgJY

[@maximusrotundness2121]

I am actually painting my space marines primarily pink. So if you could go more in depth about that I would love to learn. Also great video!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thanks, if we continue to get positive feedback we will do more viedoes on this - Cal

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

Loyalist Emperor Children.

[@HeartlessNinny1]

Love it! Wish there were more pink marines out there.

[@thuglousmacorcer5387]

Green is the easiest color on the eyes and requires the least effort for the eye to process. Red and blue, which are at the edges of the visible spectrum, are the hardest. When you are looking at purple, you are looking at a combination of the two most strenuous colors for the eye to process. Putting the purple and green side by side is both even more strenuous on the eyes, and presents extremes that makes one feel less safe. If you look at your villains, you will find that, typically, if they are a combination of these two colors, the more purple is present, the more overtly evil they are. Example: The Joker wears all purple which is highlighted by green hair. Right off the bat, you know the Joker is synonymous with evil and chaos. On the other end, you have Lex Luthor in his power suit. Lex presents himself as a level-headed businessman, and wants you to like him, while behind closed doors, he is a merciless monster. His colors, then, are mostly green with little highlights of purple. It says, "I'm trustworthy," while between the cracks, you can see that something is not right and by being around him, you are not safe.

[@philomongo2939]

I liked, commented, and subscribed. I will not be keeping my brush wet however. Very good video.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

oh 🥲we want people painting, I guess we will just have to take the view. We did a follow up on metallics here kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2THe3SlfLKLgJY

[@philomongo2939]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow Yes, I swore off painting after my family was painted to death. I vowed to always leave my brush dry. I now only use crayons to color my minis. Such is life.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@philomongo2939 Will you not stop crayoning until the brusher who did this is behind bars?

[@CALCIUMMAN]

Ryza mechanics is a prominent sub faction that is orange. I could see excessive energy as they have improved plasma weapons.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

But with the exception of some very striking models done by Seige Studios, most of the paint jobs and I dare say the 'official' scheme is that muted Oranage again, sometimes bordering on brown. But you are right orange contrasted with Green plasma could look quite striking

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Hi, quite a few people have asked about a metallic episode, we have released one here, please take a look! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2THe3SlfLKLgJY

[@necaacen]

i think with the purple and green (abd black) bad guys, its a good colour combo and often i think the good guys are red, blue and white, so i think it can be as much about just making them completely distinct from the hero and has probably started to generate its own associations in that role that are self perpetuating.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Could be right, Pepsi is the good guy after all 🤭

[@necaacen]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow 😅

[@joahnaut]

Fantastic video, and made me really think about the colours used today.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thanks

[@oddthequiet4868]

4:00 I am not a scientist, but it's food. All living things need to "feel" when "seeing" "colour". I used quotes because: How do you feel without a brain? How do you see without eyes? Is it still a colour even if a human can't see it? It's fundamental understanding of need. Lucky humans with brains, eyes, and the visible light spectrum are a specific example, not an exception. I think that's "Why?"

[@ochoaE3]

This interesting stuff that I would never have put any thought into had I not come across this video.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

I am glad it was useful

[@SiegeTF]

Well, the popularity of my Nickel blue Grey Knights, deep purple and emerald green Necrons, and dark blue and metallic green/gold Tyranids makes more sense now. My older works weren't painted particularly well, but people still loved them.

[@supersaiyandiclonius3056]

Regarding the Beakie helmet, it has sensory technology in the beak. Infrared, night vision, sonar, motion tracker, heartbeat sensor, etc.

[@joeladkins1046]

Some of the original Blood Angels art work were a deep reddish orange with blue accents

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

But not a pure bright orange like the one shown right?

[@graywolf1339]

Honestly didn’t expect this, it was interesting. I expected goofy “if you paint your armies blue then you like smurfs!” Or “painting your army red makes em fasta!”. A discussion about color theory and the corresponding psychology/cultural aspect of the armies colors.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

We're glad you liked it? We hope you liked it at least... Did you find it useful?

[@graywolf1339]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow incredibly interesting and informative, kinda made me think about the colors I myself tend to favor. Red being a major favorite of mine. Thanks for sharing your video with us

[@redfeildre349]

This is an amazing video. Thank you.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Eleven217]

My all-army playing ass: [ *_loud confused screeching_* ]

[@cwj138]

I like how you talk over and interrupt each other ALL THE TIME but still let each other say everything they need to say, it's a good dynamic.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thank you question mark? - Cal

[@cwj138]

Yah I have the attention span of a gnat but because there are so many interruptions and many thoughts going on at once I can focus.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

@@cwj138 I can both understand and not understand what you are talking about 😂but overall! I am glad our style of speech keeps you engaged! ~Sunny

[@loganbrown2959]

What would y’all think of a black and dark green(caliban green) tyranid scheme, what does that portray

[@oddthequiet4868]

9:00 Purple, and green is the colour of bruising regardless of skin tone. The villain is purple and green because they aren't drawing red. Gold is a yellow with a certain; specific texture.

[@TripleBarrel06]

My dudes are tan with blue-green secondary and gold trimmings. It makes a lot of sense now why I picked those colours, considering I conceptualised them as aerial insertion close combat jump troops with a culture of honour duels from their barbarian homeworld. Spreading a little disciplined chaos, regally.

[@christopherwhite5790]

Metallic colors and their meanings

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

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[@RosarioAFK]

Word Bearers went from Grey to Red, this is pretty interesting stuff!

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Yeah a lot of the heresy colour shifts are pretty telling (Edited: I apparently missed the f in shift.. 😳)

[@Gripen1974]

My chapter is dark pine green with orange trims, yellow and black warning strips on their weapons and a yellow heraldic deer on their shoulder as chapter symbol. their metal is copper or iron/steel , no gold or silver. Their cloth is bright orange if it isnt on cloak of infiltration units which have them in green camo.

[@glenncolliver3658]

I could be wrong but wasn't the Dark Angels the orginal template legion not the Luna Wolves?

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Genetic template yep 100% psychological template was the Luna Wolves because they had the first found primarch, notice every single force changed radically when they found their primarch, they either used their ancient earth tactics or Horus's

[@glenncolliver3658]

@@WhatareyouPaintingnow haha cough cough in Alpharius. Thanks for the clarification. Awesome vid! 👌

[@Smilomaniac]

Got an interesting one for you - My marine chapter is orange on grey. The grey is 'mechanicus standard grey' meaning a neutral grey, so the models look majority orange without practically having to put in the effort to get a flat coat on every surface, due to how awful the paint is to work with. It's kind of wild to think about all the thought and effort I've had to put into the color scheme, compared to if I just rattlecan sprayed them all blue, which would've saved me hundreds of hours. However, I have a unique chapter to show for my efforts. If you want some shots of it, let me know and where to contact you.

[@mattmark94]

yes, please I would love if you kept going with this topic

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

Thanks, we are doing a video on metalics at the end of the week :)

[@DHYohko]

i'd love to hear about the Raptors chapter and it's use of Castellan green for their armor.

[@WhatareyouPaintingnow]

My understanding of them is that they are one of the few chapters that use camo quite often, so I would say it goes in line with what we said in the video on that