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The Color of Metal
I’m not sure how many of you know this, unless you already follow the Art Bead Scene blog, but for the last thirteen months, I’ve been a contributor over there. My posts are usually color palettes –...
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Using Neutrals
One question that I got on my Reader’s Survey was a brilliant one – how do we use the neutrals? Color theory defines the neutrals as white, black, and grays, but that doesn’t really give artists a...
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Personal Color Definitions
Here’s a confession for you: I’m not a huge fan of universal meanings for colors. There’s a realm of study called color psychology that’s devoted to discovering the meanings of colors and the...
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RGB vs CMYK
Have you ever spent time editing a photo or creating a business card on your computer that doesn’t look right when you print it off? Maybe it’s a subtle shift in colors that you can live with. Maybe...
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Color Amounts + Visual Hierarchy
So far, we’ve talked about color relationships, contrast, and the neutrals. One thing we haven’t talked about is amounts or proportions of colors. 99.9% of the color palettes I post show here are...
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Fixing Color Schemes – Call for Volunteers
Let me start off by saying that I don’t think there’s truly any bad color schemes. I think you can make any color scheme work for you with a few tweaks. But sometimes we come across a color scheme...
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Using colors that challenge you
One thing I’ve noticed over the last few months is how creatives like to push themselves or challenge themselves with colors they wouldn’t normally use. I saw it in the Challenge of Color blog hop...
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Fixing Color Schemes :: Brighten it up
Everybody’s got artwork that, for whatever reason, didn’t come out the way we envisioned them, right? Sometimes it’s a design issue, or maybe it’s a struggle with composition. And sometimes, it’s a...
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Fixing Color Schemes :: Adding in color
In the last Fixing Color Schemes post, we talked about brightening up colors that felt a little heavy. This time, let’s talk about adding in color to boost a color scheme. I’ve got two examples for...
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Going for it
Thanks so much for your emails and comments on this post last week. I’ve been thinking a lot about it, and it’s an idea that I can’t shake, so I’m going to go for it and create my very own color...
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Is color theory relevant for photographers?
In these color theory posts, I’ve been talking a lot about what you can do with color in your art. Jewelry, digital design, painting – all of these are areas where color theory makes sense right off...
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Fixing Color Schemes :: Swapping Out Colors
In the first Fixing Color Schemes post, we talked about brightening up colors, and in the second, we talked about adding in colors. For both, I stayed close to the original color relationship because I...
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How do I pick colors for my brand?
I got a great email the other day asking how to pick colors for a brand. Since I thought that’s something others may be wondering about, I’m turning my answer into a post! Choosing brand colors is not...
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The Psychology of Color Chart
If you’ve been following these color theory posts for a while, or you’ve read this post about personal color definitions, it’s probably, maybe clear that I’m really reluctant to attach meanings to...
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The Effectiveness of Light Colors
Since we’ve had a couple conversations about color and branding this week, let’s talk about how effective lighter color choices might be in areas like your logo and your blog. The general rule of...
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Reader Q+A
I had a couple of people email me some fun questions recently, so I thought I’d share those here with you, in case you, too, were curious. How do you personally start when you build a color...
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Pantone’s 2013 Fall Colors
Pantone released their 2013 Fall Color picks back at the beginning of February, but I’ve been sitting on this post for a couple months now. Mostly because I really loved the Spring Colors and I wanted...
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Pantone colors through the years
After last week’s Pantone’s Fall 2013 Colors post, I started wondering how the colors forecasts compared to each other from year to year. I noticed there seemed to be a purple, a blue, a green, and a...
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Understanding Color
I promised to share big news this week, and this is it – my color theory book is finished! And, probably more importantly, there’s a launch date: June 17th. So, mark your calendars; in two weeks from...
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I’m issuing a Color Challenge – you in?
With my book Understanding Color set to launch two Mondays from now, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to celebrate. So, I’m issuing a color challenge! Your challenge, should you choose to...
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