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Colour Tutorial
Published: 2015-07-09 13:16:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 191871; Favourites: 838; Downloads: 377
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Description Pheeeeww, that took way longer than I expected, haha. Several people were asking me about a colour tutorial, and I soon realised there was WAY too much material to cover... BTW I do mention photoshop at the end but for the rest this applies for any kind of software you wanna use. Anyway, I guess treat this as a kind of introduction to colour theory and how to use it. (I might do more tutorials later on about specifically how to colour skin, rendering etc). Is this even helpful?? i'm starting to doubt myself

anyway as promised here is a brief list of useful colour-related tutorials that I have used in the past, although I don't think i've managed to track them all down: 

conceptcookie.deviantart.com/a…
littleulvar.deviantart.com/art…
viria13.deviantart.com/art/ano…
aquasixio.deviantart.com/art/T…
aquasixio.deviantart.com/art/C…
aquasixio.deviantart.com/art/T…
aquasixio.deviantart.com/art/W…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kQllL…

Update: fixed a couple typos.
Update: my friend Wick-y just made an awesome extension tutorial to do with more editing and post-processing art which is really useful: wick-y.deviantart.com/art/Tips…
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Comments: 33

MrsJaneHarknessMrsJaneHarkness [2022-11-09 18:38:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for all the tutorials <3😍

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ItaloAmericanaItaloAmericana [2017-01-19 02:04:33 +0000 UTC]

so helpful, thanks!!

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artofpanartofpan In reply to ItaloAmericana [2017-01-22 14:54:04 +0000 UTC]

:) (Smile)

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KrasnahKrasnah [2016-09-09 16:02:00 +0000 UTC]

it helped A LOT

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artofpanartofpan In reply to Krasnah [2016-09-10 19:25:41 +0000 UTC]

YAS <3

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zatsukiiszatsukiis [2016-05-17 21:09:23 +0000 UTC]

This is great omg thank you!!!

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artofpanartofpan In reply to zatsukiis [2016-05-18 02:16:25 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure :D (Big Grin) 

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IknyIkny [2016-04-25 15:14:41 +0000 UTC]

Ah! This is really succinct. Thankyou :) (Smile)

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artofpanartofpan In reply to Ikny [2016-04-27 03:00:37 +0000 UTC]

Yay I'm glad it's helpful!! <3

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SaphyraeSaphyrae [2016-03-20 17:40:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for making this tutorial! I find digital shading to be pretty challenging, this is going to help me a lot. ^^

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artofpanartofpan In reply to Saphyrae [2016-03-21 00:20:48 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad :D (Big Grin) I also made this tutorial about painting in photoshop which could be useful? - www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKtrua…

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SaphyraeSaphyrae In reply to artofpan [2016-03-21 00:43:42 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, thanks! I'll definitely check that out ^^

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stardragon35stardragon35 [2015-12-30 18:04:10 +0000 UTC]

This... is... AMAZING!!! 
GASHDEFNJDN
Seriously you have no clue how much you just helped me. Since I just got a Wacom I absolutely SUCK at digital art.
But this! This is amazing! :happybounce: La la la la

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artofpanartofpan In reply to stardragon35 [2015-12-31 12:23:46 +0000 UTC]

That's great to hear :D (Big Grin) Good luck <3

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stardragon35stardragon35 In reply to artofpan [2016-01-01 08:42:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! And HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Party :happybounce:

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GinnyKZGinnyKZ [2015-08-07 09:08:17 +0000 UTC]

Ok, that's one of the most useful and amazing colour tuts I've seen so far! Keep up the great work hon, you're an inspiration:) (Smile)

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artofpanartofpan In reply to GinnyKZ [2015-08-08 00:42:38 +0000 UTC]

That's so great to hear!! Thank you <3 

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tasiamstasiams [2015-07-16 18:53:56 +0000 UTC]

I love it!

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artofpanartofpan In reply to tasiams [2015-07-16 23:52:23 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Thank you :) (Smile)

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MutantenfischMutantenfisch [2015-07-11 21:19:57 +0000 UTC]

I've recently admited to myself that it could be in fact useful to keep colour theory in mind while painting digitally (and traditionally, too). Your tutorial sums the most important things up very well and I like your personal examples. Thank you a lot for sharing!

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artofpanartofpan In reply to Mutantenfisch [2015-07-12 03:13:53 +0000 UTC]

Great, I'm glad it helped you :D (Big Grin) 

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wick-ywick-y [2015-07-10 21:22:02 +0000 UTC]

Dude, this is SO HELPFUL, you went into so much depth!  Thank you so much fro making this, I'm sure tons of people (myself included) will use it.

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artofpanartofpan In reply to wick-y [2015-07-11 00:16:32 +0000 UTC]

Ah yay!! I'm glad you like it. :) (Smile) 

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stjarnorstjarnor [2015-07-09 22:13:38 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful!!
All of your color palettes are really wonderful, I've been wondering how you make them all look so good.

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artofpanartofpan In reply to stjarnor [2015-07-10 00:42:21 +0000 UTC]

Aw I'm glad !! :D (Big Grin) Thank you :) (Smile)

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SpiritOfBadLuckSpiritOfBadLuck [2015-07-09 20:25:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this great tutorial, keep doing what you're doing! ^-^

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artofpanartofpan In reply to SpiritOfBadLuck [2015-07-10 00:42:39 +0000 UTC]

Yay, thanks :) (Smile)

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behindsmilesbehindsmiles [2015-07-09 17:41:39 +0000 UTC]

This helped a lot! Thank you! 

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artofpanartofpan In reply to behindsmiles [2015-07-10 00:43:04 +0000 UTC]

Great :D (Big Grin) I'm glad :) (Smile)

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PhillippeauxPhillippeaux [2015-07-09 15:06:22 +0000 UTC]

THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!!

I love your work and was looking at it all again yesterday and I was thinking... "I really want to ask for colouring tips!" And now here they are!

Thanks for sharing with us! :) (Smile)

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artofpanartofpan In reply to Phillippeaux [2015-07-10 00:43:34 +0000 UTC]

YAS :D (Big Grin) haha thank you so much :) (Smile)

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staypeestaypee [2015-07-09 13:45:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this! I've been struggling with colors since forever and I've been reading a lot of tutorials on colors lately...
I've got a long way to go. La la la laLa la la laLa la la la

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artofpanartofpan In reply to staypee [2015-07-10 00:44:10 +0000 UTC]

haha I hope it helps :) (Smile) thanks for checking it out :D (Big Grin)

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