That's a nice musical juicebox you have there

"why is that guy on fire?" caught me off guard

Such a useful video! I really see the VALUE in colors now!

*gasp* you tricked me into learning! D:

*Doodoot doodoot doot doo* "Color." *Doodoot doodoot doot doo* "Color." That's going to be stuck in my head all evening...

It's knowledge like this that makes me wish I actually used color for my drawings more. They normally stay pencil doodles.

Huh. Colour theory has long been one of my weak points but recently I've been working on it a lot. I think I still need to work on my palette harmony, but I've been focusing a lot on toning down my hues for good results. I have also been eye dropping my old designs, but then I've been adjusting them to see if I can improve them. I heard a lot of this in the one year program I took, but some of it was new, like the idea of reversing the composition values in a night scene. Hoping to improve my colour use a lot, to make my characters more striking!

As soon I you said some people think it's a grey area...I was ready to debate, it's all about the grey area

the absolute end of the video man lol I'm dying!!!

Ok what. I've seen like 20 different videos on color theory and NONE of those stuck with me cause they were either lame or didn't provide good explainations along with the right "rules". This is actually the first one I've seen EVER which gives clear guidelines, shows why they are important and what happens if you violate them, along with giving a few tips on how to follow the guidelines easily. Thanks!

This was extremely helpful. I've never really understood color theory before, but this really helped me to understand it much better.

The overlay layer trick is 100% the best technique I've ever learned to enhance my illustrations 👀 I originally watched this video about six months ago when I first made the jump to full time artwork. Color picking and 'cooperation' was one of the things I struggled with most. I cannot overstate how valuable this single trick is and how deeply it improved my work. Thank you for doing what you do Brookes! 😊

3:55 I'm just starting on digital art so I can color my drawings, and I knew in the back of my head that the colors for shadows aren't supposed to be just a darker value but something else. Thankfully I remembered this video, and I was right. I even read in some tutorials that when picking a shadow for a color you have to pick a "cooler color" instead, but it didn't explain beyond that, so it only leaves us confused. I hope your advice in this video helps me. Wish me luck!

useful and entertaining? great job lol

Thank you very much! That last tip on blending colors of the palette if they was a great insight!

Oh I'm _so_ glad the overlay/opacity trick is something that's legitimately helpful to people and not just my own personal way I cheated around actual colour theory, pfft

This guy’s great, learning so much from him.

Alright. I knew this video was going to be good, but as soon as you threw out the animal crossing music and references, IT'S AMAZING LOL. Thank you for this whole video!

i’m so in love with your videos! so helpful and entertaining

surprised at how useful this video was even after watching every single other "basics of colour theory" video out there - I love the explanations and suggestions of how to actually utilise all this knowledge, thank you! (same goes for your other videos to be honest, thank you doing this for all of us!!)

“I tricked you into learning” *top 10 pranks that went way too far*

I like the ending

That intro was so witty it gave me a monocle and a top hat xD

The word play is strong in this one ^^

Another great video! The overlay trick was especially insightful. Do you have advice for working with a cast of characters? I wind up with characters that look ok by themselves, but either look too similar or look too rainbow-y when put together.

i've been looking forward to this

Can you do a video on how to plan environments for backgrounds and to keep it cohesive

Good stuff. A few days ago I took out a finished character art from two years ago and was making some color touch ups especially since it had parts that glow.

This video was so pleasing to experience, I’ve just started coloring my art this year so I’ll need reminders

How do you always know what I need to improve on!? YOU’RE A MIND READER

Very educational and well described. I've heard many of the tips before, but not the explanation for why they exist. That's both interesting and useful.

“What am I even doing here- wait, why is that guy on fire?” lol call somebody!

0:17 when the music started playing in the background i lowkey thought one of the 6 other design forge videos i had paused started playing

That video is great! I never considered the red/blue hue shift - gonna have to try that out. And I definitley need to "wean" myself off color-picking from the image. Great video!

Nice melodica

Very Well explained! This is one the simplest yet detailed explanation of color theory. Thanks for the lesson

8:25 Oh shoot! I’ve already done this a few times without knowing! Mainly when trying to find the right shade I want. But I did do this when I was trying to show the character was in water.

Great video as always Brookes! You went all out with the puns on this one. Can’t get enough! :) Another great tip for anyone working digitally is to make multiple copies of your designs (characters, objects, etc), and try out different color combinations to compare them side by side. You’ll be surprised with what amazing color sets you can discover even by doing just a few iterations. This will also speed up your practice experimenting with color.

Just started making new palettes for a new design then this came out

The entire first 13 seconds were art puns. I loved it. XD

I'm here for the color puns.

oh wow. i kinda did some of these things already, without knowing any of this.

I've got nothing to add here. Haha Great job Brookse. A lot of my art tends to be black and white but this will help me with a lot of my color art.

Great tips! I figured out the red/blue hue shift on my own just a few months ago, which is a little sad because I've been drawing for...ten or eleven years?. I wish I had motivation to draw more, digital coloring is fun. Of course, it doesn't help that my drawing tablet is having issues...

What if a character is supposed to be subtle and blend in with the environment?

This was awesome. Thanks for explaining this. This is something I always struggle with and dread doing but this has me excited since now there is some logic to it. Now it feels like it can be a useful tool to further express my art :D

COLOUR

Awesome video Brooks - also nice outro and Intro! :)

The melodica returns

I love brooks' corny jokes.

I realized that I really liked the way the colors looked on the scenes with the facecam. I might base a character off of the galaxy fantasy vibe I get from it. TY for unintentionally giving me a color pallete that I really liked lol

Mixed with Sycra's advice, these videos are absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for your help. :)

What I struggle with when applying color theory is as follows: im painting a scene with a green red scheme, but a sandwich is neither. Do I paint a red green sandwich or change my scheme?

Thank youuuuu 🌺🌺💗🌺🌺

What if I'm trying to color a character where they wear a uniform that only uses one color? For example, one character wears a uniform that has to be all green. How do I apply these rules if I can really only use one hue? And what if the character I'm designing wears a uniform that's mostly a low-value gray? How do I apply color theory to that?

Bruh i am tired of red orange yellow green blue purple pink when are some new colors coming out i seen them all

There’s just So MANY that’s why its hard sometimes for me to chose colors, this might sound like a shoutout but it’s really not, I’ve got some speedpaints up on my channel, the only reason I chose those colors was because they looked well together l, I really want to get out of that habit.

Person with too many splatoon characters here, lets see what I can learn to help with my squidkids and octolads I have learned and now I know I will try to keep my Eyecolor and Ink color the highest in saturation and value in comparison to other things Earned color is a bit confusing but I understand I think thank you for making this video and the melodica preference at the end

Could You Do A Video Focusing On layout Of Comic Strips On Procreate? Great Video!

God those puns at the start

"... *gray* area ... "

And what about traditional tho? Color pencils and copic markers

“Why is that guy on fire?” Because I- er- someone, _totallllllyyyyyy_ not me, brought a match.

heck wait is the bear smith you??? also great video uwu

I feel like crying i still don’t get it:(

i came back because of the new toucan sam and its rly bad colors