My Secret for Color Schemes
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Secret to cohesive color schemes: pick a bunch of colors you want to do (purple, blue, etc like you did here), then pick an overall color (let's say orange, for playfulness) that you want to tint everything towards... Overlay the "overall color" (or soft light, or whatever blending mode depending on if you want darker or lighter colors) and play with the opacity till you get something you can work with.
I did #FF9C00 set to Overlay and opacity set to 25% over your original choices to get this scheme.
In case you haven't noticed, there's now a video tutorial going a little bit more in-depth on this technique on Method & Craft! Check it out here.
about 2 years ago
Okay that's pretty damn smart.
Thank you!!!
about 2 years ago
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Adam Polselli
This is super clever.
about 2 years ago
Thanks, guys! I hope it's useful to you.
about 2 years ago
I don't know why or how, but this just works.
about 2 years ago
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Rogie
Erica, you're my hero.
about 2 years ago
Wow. Just goes to show, we can always learn something new. Thanks Erica!
about 2 years ago
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Brian Benitez
You're a genius :)
about 2 years ago
That's really clever! I will use this all over the place.
about 2 years ago
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Adam Michela
Interesting approach. Thanks for the tip!
about 2 years ago
Thank you! :)
about 2 years ago
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Peter Faarup
Very nice tip Erica! An interesting way to find color schemes :)
about 2 years ago
Madam, you have just fixed the internet.
about 2 years ago
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Kuba Stanek
Thanks a lot!
about 2 years ago
Coming from a video background, this makes perfect sense. It's similar to color correcting/grading your footage. Amazing!
about 2 years ago
That is a really nice tip. Gonna use this!
about 2 years ago
Great tip. Leaving Saturation and Brightness the same while adjusting Hue is another simple way to create cohesive colour schemes.
about 2 years ago
totally will use it from now on.
about 2 years ago
That's an awesome tip, thanks for sharing Erica :)
about 2 years ago
Smart move!
about 2 years ago
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Joey Rabbitt
Nice idea
about 2 years ago
That's a brilliant idea. Thanks for sharing.
about 2 years ago
good find!
about 2 years ago
Its certainly a novel idea, but it tends to make the colors muddy...perhaps that's just me...
about 2 years ago
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Hanno
Indeed a great tip. As Sean Duran, I've done quite a lot of video stuff in the past and learned this trick while doing compositing and grading. The mediums are connected! :)
about 2 years ago