How to Pick Colours for Your Art

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

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

[@utterash]

If you shade with black go with dark purple

[@hicraz1276]

I go with a dark blue or purple and make the layer semi-transparent.

[@strawbuffy]

Another thing, lighting tends to use complimentary colors, such as if the shadows are purple the lighting is probably yellow, then the bounce light is whatever color

[@wrathofriotespressos640]

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

[@thornarts]

this comment randomly just inspired me to make a drawing for some reason thank you

[@wrathofriotespressos640]

@@thornarts my pleasure

[@bunnieth]

@@thornarts same here

[@axoltheartist]

@@thornarts ok same, using the ace flag as a color palette.

[@ElmKyh]

God that's the same color palette I used for my first Ba Da Bean comic "The Bucket List". I WAS coveying a little feeling of sadness in that one; two bffs, the female one wants to continue trying to confess her love to her crush, while the male one has a crush on the female one, but will respect her opinions (cuz' that's what true bffs do, respect each other's opinions)

[@echo_is_probably_sleeping]

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

[@the0black0bullet]

I was gonna write something about 6:50 but it was going to be colour theory and hospitals (if u don't know what I'm talking about search colour theory meme)

[@mikuenjoyerXD]

@@the0black0bullet lol i know what you're talking about

[@fantasy2reality717]

Yeah! Sure red can sometimes mean danger, but red and white are also the colors of medics in most media!

[@doodle_bear291]

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

[@flask223]

Primal desires

[@xandilo_bones4800]

Yes! I think it’s so interesting how most fast food chains will use the combo of red and yellow intentionally to make our monkey brains hungry without us realizing. Also, apparently, the sight of blue (and green?) makes us feel less hungry because we automatically associate it with mold.

[@calamity2383]

Yeah, and in china, red is for wealth and good fortune :O

[@CelestialsStorm]

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

[@mustachetwiddler6594]

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

[@CrazyGreenFluff]

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

[@strawberrybuns1793]

I just suggest trying them and fiddling around. Its anoying but fun. I typically take two colors like mint and lavender, and then add more colors so its not completely those two but it still looks nice? Its hard to explain XD

[@jelly_fish_wishes]

Oh my god I'm not the only one

[@clauday6467]

I think ur color picking are pretty good, the only thing I suggest is to make most color less vibrant

[@victorthecollector9198]

Hmmm, i think you could try some layer modes to start off? Like try putting a solid color on top of your other colors and play around with layer modes and opacity. You could also use color balance if that’s available in the program you’re using Your color palettes don’t seem bad in theory, but in practice they look a little disjointed? Like, from your thumbnails it looks like you pick your colors separately without taking into account how they look together. For example, your character who is wearing a green coat doesn’t has colors that in theory go well together, green and black with yellow (?) accents seems like a good choice, but the specific tone of green and black don’t seem to go very well together. I think giving the black a very slight red tint and making the green less saturated might help, and the yellow accents would look better if they were warmer and a little more saturated. Something that might also help is taking the colors of the background into account instead of keeping the same colors for the character every time. For example, (I’m only looking at the thumbnails rn) in the one with a purple background you could give the black a purple tint, and make the green way less saturated and with a colder undertone. If you’d like more specific advice I could give you some through tumblr/Instagram/twitter, I’m not exactly an expert in any of this but I do think coloring is one of my strongest points haha. Let me know if you wanna, I’d be glad to help!

[@turtlie7309]

SAME!!! I’ve made Pinterest boards full of color schemes I like but yet every time I use them it looks like I puked on the canvas-

[@kaniikarma]

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

[@omlette]

LMAO SAME

[@homosapien7316]

don't call me out like this lol

[@loopsinty7758]

Bro wait that sounds fun though I’m gonna start doing that 😂

[@harshmalhari8519]

Woah, that’s actually a good idea

[@bearythepanda6590]

You just called me out. 😂😂

[@Quacknana113]

Thank you! No more mediocre coloring from me😎

[@izzyash775]

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

[@peppwoni259]

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

[@Wrathfulrex]

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

[@lynnboartsdye1943]

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

[@claudinelopez5177]

She is literally giving artists life lessons, she deserves so much- this really helps!

[@144pinfinity]

jessie your voice always reminds me of an old friend

[@n111977]

idk why but everytime i see other art tutorials i can't finsh it cause of my short attention spam but when i learned about your channel i am able to watch the whole video without skipping and i learn alot

[@oshomasamson1906]

Love how we got straight to business and also love how you talk fast cause I have a project that depends on this

[@chrisashtonlightell-west1189]

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

[@eunthealien]

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

[@tsukiyakikid8950]

An anime film that did have magnificent use of color was perfect blue. As things throughout the film became emotionally tense and mentally suffocating the colors became more and more harsh to match the state of the film. You can see the loss of an innocent public image alongside the pressure of the changes in the protagonist's life through the trippy visuals and the colors spoke about as loudly as the plot itself. I need to get better with my use of colors, because color is an incredibly powerful piece that comes into play when creating artwork. I'm hoping this video will help me get there.

[@preecal330]

this almost reminds me of Blue Period

[@ICanBeYourFries]

Reminds me of jjba. Great use of colouring

[@ShimmerSPF]

Very helpful!

[@bleepbloop5162]

I just want to say that I literally take notes from these videos, genuinely can not thank you enough for all of these! They have improved my art significantly!

[@Meliatc]

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

[@soutman2913]

For me it’s roses or strawberries

[@mallory.22]

SAME

[@fukdxfxnynzydnxy]

SAMEE

[@SillyStringStars]

I personally think of Krispy Kreme

[@Iamcringebutiamfree]

SAMEEE

[@cottoncandy0622]

This greatly helped me as my characters are all very colorful and I often struggle with characters either blending into the background or the drawing looking muddy or chaotic

[@nolanxart]

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

[@bryanr4507]

Been lookin for this for a while. The most informative and straight forward guide to colors

[@coopersisters4]

Finally! I cannot tell you how many color theory videos I have watched and this one is perfect! (thankyou)

[@lauragraham2959]

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

[@fishtacosalad9552]

Extremely helpful thnx

[@CrazyGreenFluff]

GHOSTBUR

[@wurouchamee5220]

I super appreciate that this lesson doesn't waste time on an intro

[@chickenchirps4755]

thank you so much! This was very informational :D

[@TheParagonIsDead]

I suggest using grey background when choosing and using colors. Black makes everything look bright, and white everything dark. So grey is perfect:)

[@Coz_Im_Batman]

This is so educational, I'm about to go into art in collage and have not studied it as a GCSE and this gives me more confidence in my knowledge :) ❤️❤️

[@NOLARYART]

Great video! My school art teacher used to show your videos when I used to be in her class.

[@kaylarosemary936]

Your calm discussions of how tears come in the panic post realization of doom while the feeling of impending doom right before panic hits is more of the desaturated blue vibe, and purple would lean cosmic... this was informative and hilarious. I thought I was watching a color theory video but what I got was a violation of the geneva conventions (in the form of a color theory video) As always, I love your content

[@Incenpilz]

KZbin recommended some of your videos out of nowhere. Watched a couple of it. And what should I say, finally a recommendation that I rly like. I think ur voice is cure, ur art is awesome and the videos in general are very helpful. Thanks 🤙

[@renuu.w]

learned more here than I ever could in my art class

[@skyender8353]

Such good art :o (I feel like everyone I end up watching on KZbin does better art than me most likely) but this helped a little bit with my color knowledge

[@mr.sandman3619]

5:05 my goal as an artist is to one day be so good at something that they compare my work to someone like Pablo Picasso, congrats Bellhenge

[@a_CarrotsArt]

this helped me so much omg, thank you. I may be in my early teens but I still want to improve on my art as much as i can, i know its already good for my age but watching this has really helped and inspired me, so thank you so much! ps that drawing was amazing!!

[@davestriderenthusiast]

bro i learned more from this than from my art teachers

[@victorthecollector9198]

I find that with complimentary color schemes a traditional ryb gives you mostly good looking combos, while on the rgb/cmyk triads and split complimentary color palettes look better. There’s some exceptions tho, I do think red/cyan looks really neat fro example.

[@Mizar007]

Excellent video! Your typical application breakdown really helped me understand the typical use of a lot of common color schemes. I was curious about one you didn't cover though - quadratic or double complementary. I was just wondering what a typical use scenario was for this, as I see it used sometimes but don't know it's common application. Is it typically high energy like triadic?

[@lad6323]

this is the first time color schemes have made sense.......... thank u.....

[@TheMightyPika]

thank you for the tutorial. I struggle with color. Maybe it's my neurodivergence but it always feels like I'm shooting in the dark.

[@FineCurry]

I always like to use triadic stuff because it to me is nearly balanced, and let's me explore the space if I have very little ideas of what to paint. This is a great video for explanations

[@hodanisbased4980]

Your pfp is triatic lol

[@FineCurry]

@@hodanisbased4980 Lol yeah, I love the CMYK color scheme! Coincidentally, I just got a new pfp Yesterday, it's this same character but a different sorta analogous color scheme, very similar, but I'm trying to get the character sorta cleaned up. Triadic color schemes can also help design contrasting parts, like aligning big to small.

[@psycless]

I love your content, but I have some questions. Does anyone donate to your patreon? Is this channel a viable source of income? And is this channel full time? Thank you

[@MelodiasdeAdoração8888]

I hope everyone falls asleep quickly. Wishing everyone a happy wake up and a good rest 😍😍😍

[@PotatoMelon3]

Wow thanks

[@carnation0130]

i tend to like drawing panics a lot more because i love the show of emotion you get with them and i already got the idea of using bright colors for those moments- the whole saturation thing i already knew without knowing i knew haha

[@SPL1NGYDUDE]

My favorite is Sin City, black and red, because those are the Optimal Color Scheme™ for any Gaming PC Build®

[@Elgirl]

The only class I actually pay attention to is art class lol and ty I needed help lol

[@hens4sale]

I usually, when it comes fown to flat colors, I tend to grab a random color and a random hue and build off of that. I color the shirt or something then color the pants with something that doesn't clash. Background would be different depending on environment but sometimes if it's a solid background I just play around with a bunch of colors! I stay away from neon or really really bright colors to the characters themselves, unless I want a dark background and for them to pop in a certain style. I have a very complex way of coloring my pieces, I never really am smart about it, I have no knowledge on color theory or anything so I tend to just.. trust my gut haha

[@Khloethefish]

My art teacher used this video it's great and very helpfulk

[@khdr_samii727]

Quisiera que hubiera un canal en español que explique tan bien detallado como tú.😿😿 Los subtítulos en español ayudan, GRACIAS! 🥳🥳

[@sakurakat9015]

For a character, I typically do shades of one color, like for my oc Umeko, I stick to teal/blue, and have accessories of a color close to the opposite side of the color wheel, like for Umeko, she has yellow eyes and accessories. This is just how I do it though! I'm not a professional, this is just from my experience after.... four years? Four and a half years? Five? Idk since fifth grade.

[@birdayo]

Im too intimidated to use non vibrant colors, because im just not that good with desaturated colors, i usually stick to warmer, fully saturated ones, so this really helped, thank you!

[@ch5rr1st4r7]

I JUST had this problem! So glad I saw this

[@BillyBob-wl8uj]

excellent video; thanks for creating & sharing! a slower pace, to me would be better. Thanks again.

[@Adlip_Kun]

Thank you so much for sharing this

[@livinginthetruthministries7094]

thanks for your simplistic explaination this helps my art

[@vitriolicpest]

ive never been good with colors in my art, but this really helped me :D thank you!!

[@cyanide133]

FINALLY!!!! Someone who draws the ears down now, besides me >W

[@bbtemari2747]

Actually helped me a lot lol, thNks

[@SakamotosLfe]

I can't believe that I finally found someone who uses MediBang!! Please, TEACH ME! * - * How do I use this thing!! It makes all my arts looks pixelated no matter the resolution and the DPI! T^T

[@wingedcanvas]

We have a Medibang Paint tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHqzk4SAmqeeoKc as well as a follow up video that goes over more advanced features: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4nQm3ikbrOKipo :) Perhaps you need to increase your canvas size? or make sure that the "anti-aliasing" feature is on!

[@SakamotosLfe]

@@wingedcanvas I bought Clip Studio cause I couldn't find the "anti-aliasing" feature on MediBang and I already tried to create like 8K arts and still get pixelated! I'm really happy that someone actually know how to make it work on MediBang!! Thanks!!

[@zMacah]

The explanation was very well done and I LOVE how u drew, keep it up!❤️❤️

[@gorou4060]

When she said she wanted to go for the look before panic the first word that came to mind was foreboding

[@hankthedog9432]

Omg im Self taught and this helps so much!

[@lunarixis1203]

Why am I even watching this, I’m colorblind. But great video and nicely explained with good examples!

[@smaug7958]

You could try and draw weiss from rwby

[@-Dark_Shadow-]

I usually use ramdon colors and Wish is right, most of the time it works! Most of the time i'm not drawing from Zero! And most of the time is always the same characters, sometimes in a different artstyle, but still the same thing! Also, repeating poses, for when m tired and the art isn't arting

[@fr0gg1t]

i love how they're talking about fear and then upbeat music is playing

[@skg8961]

nice vid, i want to draw things more and this will help me!

[@Patches.___]

I remember in art class my art teacher used one of your videos for a lesson

[@PilferpupCartoons]

Awesome video, love learning about colors!

[@sharkybank]

*makes a fearful art piece* The music: :DDDD

[@stardynamite3762]

this is so useful thank you

[@AlphaOmega417]

I watched Fantasia 2000 my fave was the Rhapsody in Blue segment.

[@mysteriouschaoscat5194]

I find that it changed to RGB interesting, because those are the primary light colors, but the way they interact with our vision means it's generally not accurate for art--which is why the primary art colors are considered yellow, blue and red.

[@wingedcanvas]

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[@raelinthewolf7524]

This is helping me alot thank you for making these videos

[@ddlcp]

ppl need to remember colour theory's a guide & not absolute. Its all about how to make it work from creative perspective..

[@F3lixVamp]

Aww tysm!!

[@cookierat3375]

I had soft soft for a wNice tutorialle but never actually opened it because it looked too complex. TNice tutorials actually helped quite a bit. i an like for

[@demonheart13]

Is it weird that I made up my own color wheel? I didn't like RYB, RGB, or CMYK. Instead of a triangle, I prefer a square. Red, Yellow, Green, & Blue. With Lime, Teal, Violet, and Orange as the secondaries. These always felt more natural to me personally when I'm making schemes and moods

[@-alovelygaycat-]

That’s actually a great idea. I may have to try that!

[@LilGoober420]

This helped a lot thanks! 😀

[@upakramanikabishnu3690]

13:40 'tis the perfect colour for a children's hospital

[@cadeallison1102]

Mmmmm color theory 👍

[@turtlie7309]

i was hoping someone would say this lol

[@ryoikitenkai_1989]

for me im always a yellow, orange and purple person lol. one of my ocs is completely just different shades of purple, sometimes hes black and white tho when hes depressed

[@The_Arisen]

Thank you for the video! I do have one question though: how do you choose which colour wheel to use before you start? Is there a video on this already that you could link? What are some of the factors that go into making that choice? I feel like I can't make use of any of the colour scheme information for fear of picking the wrong base/wheel to work with.

[@lemmetalkaboutthis]

our school did the rgb colour wheel with us, but used yellow, magenta and cyan so that the wheel actually works haha

[@maritzaguzman5608]

Sry did not mean to dislike and these tips are really useful 😄

[@chrishaggqvist2985]

I’m definitely struggling with that

[@SlushSlushieShrimpy]

Thank u for this video!

[@ENZEED]

thank you

[@muffindestroyerr]

everything i draw has either an analogus color scheme or a monochromatic color scheme :'D and its also very desaturated

[@Glitchhusky9304]

I need this I have friends who tell me about my colors being colorful and some are bright and some are like mild lol

[@welp9356]

I am biased with making color palettes because green is my super favorite color haha

[@YXKEEI]

Thank you so so much I'm making a comic in a month so thank you so so so much!!!!

[@GachaGirlAndMoonstone]

Yay! thank you very much for making tNice tutorials video! Very helpful!

[@ardayneonherd2774]

Hey, I’m obsessed! What software are you using?