Join Jim Krause for an in-depth discussion in this video Valuing value over all, part of Color for Design and Art.
- Okay, listen.…Put down your cell phone,…put your texting on hold,…close that Facebook window,…and listen hard to what I have to say here.…I'm going to talk about value, which in terms of color,…is how light or how dark a color is.…And I'm going to talk about why value…is really, really important.…Any color, as you may know,…has three - and only three - components:…hue, saturation, and value.…Hue is just another word for color.…
This robot's hues are from the blue-green family.…And here's the robot without any hues going on.…Just grays, in other words.…Saturation refers to a color's intensity,…meaning how bright or how muted it is.…Right now the saturation of this robot's hue…is highly intense.…And here's one colored with less intensity…and one that's strongly muted.…In this case, the robot's hue is completely desaturated.…And all that's left is gray.…
Value is how light or how dark a color is.…And value also applies to grays.…Here, the robot's form has been expanded…by using different values of gray.…Now let's go ahead and replace these grays with light,…
Author
Jim Krause
Released
2/10/2016Primarily aimed at designers and illustrators, the course leans heavily toward digital tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator, but concludes with some challenges using real-world media (inks and paints!), so members can get a solid understanding of mixing colors and what tools and combinations work best.
- Navigating the color wheel and color vocabulary
- Why a color's value is so important
- RGB vs. CMYK vs. spot
- Finding the perfect color
- Working with grays and browns
- Building a color palette
- Borrowing hues for palettes
- Establishing color hierarchies
- Fixing color problems
- Altering color in photos and illustrations
- Using texture with color
- Painting for learning and fun
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome55s
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1. Learning the Language of the Color Wheel
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Valuing value over all4m 6s
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What you see is what you get3m 40s
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2. Choosing and Modifying Colors
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RGB, CMYK, and spot4m 36s
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Finding the perfect color3m 59s
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Pairing hues4m 7s
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3. Building and Applying Attractive Palettes
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Multi-hue color schemes3m 1s
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Borrowing and applying hues4m 34s
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4. Fine-Tuning Color Schemes
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Establishing pecking order4m 48s
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Helping colors get along3m 52s
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Handling color backdrops4m 5s
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5. Working with Color in Photos and Illustrations
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Altering a photo's hues4m 5s
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6. Paint! It's Good for You
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The painter's color wheel3m 43s
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Painting for fun3m 28s
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Next Steps
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Closing thoughts57s
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