From the course: Graphic Design Foundations: Color
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An introduction to palettes
From the course: Graphic Design Foundations: Color
An introduction to palettes
- When we talk about palettes, now, we aren't necessarily referring to this, but to the colors chosen for an image. Choosing a palette for a project is often the greatest challenge. We're charged with trying to decide what colors to use, and why they make sense. Then, figuring out how to use them with medium of choice. A palette starts with a core cast of characters. Parent colors, that all mixes and layers that the piece will come from, otherwise known as a limited palette. Limiting a palette requires using a set number of parent colors that then spawn all the other colors, and create a harmony, or unity that make them all related. The group of colors must work together to create the sense of a whole. If there's no connection between the colors, then they aren't a family. A palette can be limited by two colors, limited by three colors, limited by more than three colors, but less than every color available in nature, Photoshop, or the art supply store. The reason for limiting a…
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