/art/ - Art & Creative

>>4858

I have issues with this too. I just use the base colors I want to use then fuck around with the layer hues or overlay some colors on top to make it look like it wasn't made with 24 colors crayon.

I'm lost painting in real life though, lol.

Now look at this pic. Ignore that it's a literal joke. Look at how well the colors go together. I don't know how the Japs can be so good at using soft colors, Italians with darks and shades, French with unconvential hues, etc.

For starters, don't paint on top of a fucking white background. It pisses me off when people start painting a dark scene on a white canvas.

It's not that complicated when you stop judging your colors by the color sliders, and start judging them by what you see on the canvas.

Pic related, it's the darkest red on Photoshop's default swatch list.

>>5069

If you're trying to mix a brown, generally you do so by mixing complementary colors together depending on what hue you want. When it comes to mixing, it ultimately depends on what you're looking for specifically, so it's best to do some studies with mixing.

But if you want a more in depth look at color theory, The Munsell Color System is a good place to start. You can find it online, and a good exercise for learning to mix colors better is to try and recreate it from scratch on your own.

I would also recommend, if you can find it, Josef Albers' "Interaction of Color" if you wish to see the above principles in action. It's also a good resource for knowing how colors are effected in the presence of other colors.