Uncomplicated But Eye Opening Color Theory for Artists

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@changemymind06 Жыл бұрын

Quick tip: CMYK is great for people who love bright, unnatural color palettes for their art pieces. RYB is great for more natural subjects like landscapes, portraits etc. My style definitely a mixture of both so I always use a split primary palette in every medium I use. Obviously this is not a RULE it was just helpful for me when I was first starting to pick colors.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

This is an incredible insight I hadn’t thought of; thank you!!!

@watercolourplay Жыл бұрын

do you have advice for a CMY and a RYB choice?

@user-nw2sz4se1f 7 сағат бұрын

I feel seen with this comment. I suck at mixing color trying to imitate rl esp when it comes to my fav subject - blooms/flowers and general plant

@LewisLittle66 Жыл бұрын

My dad was a professional printer throughout his career and he taught me that the true primary colours are Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. These three, plus black, are the standard inks used in colour printing. There are no other pigments you can mix to get any of these three. You can mix them to get red (magenta + yellow) and blue (cyan + magenta), and green (cyan + yellow) - which are themselves the three primary colours of light.

@laniakeas92 Жыл бұрын

Haa. Makes real sense. O.o

@HermitFanimations Жыл бұрын

That's the CMYK model and is used in printing :D The RYB model is outdated but is the one taught in schools The RGB model is an additive model, while CMYK is subtractive If I remember correctly, additive colours are from luminiant things, such as digital screens, which is why the RGB model is used by digital artists, while subtractive colours mix together with things like ink; they don't produce their own light So RGB and CMYK are both primary colour models, just differing in their use :D

@HermitFanimations Жыл бұрын

@@Jess-on-the-Tube Agreed! That would make more sense, I hope they implement it better :D

@sonny1524 Жыл бұрын

@@HermitFanimations woah, seeing hermit fanfimations here, so nice:)

@NeptunesHorses5909 Жыл бұрын

As an art student in the early 1980s, color theory exercises were done with W&N gouache in cyan, magenta, primrose (yellow), a neutral black and a neutral white. We mixed everything as mixtures mostly, but the color palette simulated printer inks on a white page.

@GirdsHerStrength Жыл бұрын

When I was in art school my design teacher taught us colour theory (CMYK) and light theory (RGB). Magenta isn’t in the rainbow because the rainbow is light, but you can actually mix red from magenta and yellow because that’s colour. Soooo cool!

@theonlyjoshuscat Жыл бұрын

This!!!

@katpaints Жыл бұрын

Yes! True primaries cannot be mixed from other colors but thou can mix red and blue. It takes a bit to wrap your mind around it but once you do, the fun begins!

@nysaea Жыл бұрын

The reason why it's not in the rainbow is because the eye's color receptors that perceive red and blue cover wavelength ranges that do not exclusively overlap each other.

@imsunnybaby Жыл бұрын

@@nysaea yeah the HUMAN eye. apparently like certain insects have more color receptors than we do to perceive more colors and honestly i think about that. also that cats and dogs see less. so weird

@nysaea Жыл бұрын

@@imsunnybaby Not only insects (which are another can of worms) but most birds and fish are tetrachromatic as well and can see UVs, and there are also animals with a monochromatic set of photoreceptors like snails. Never mind the mantis shrimp that has 12 types. But arent' we talkign about art here?

@TheAurgelmir Жыл бұрын

As someone who worked with 35mm film back in the day: The yellow works because it's the inverse of blue. That is, if you take a picture of something blue, that color will show up as a yellow on your negative film. Red, Green, Blue are the primary colors of light, and mixed together they form white. Because light is additive. If you take one of the colors out of the mix you get the inverse of that color. Remove red and you get cyan, remove green and you get magenta, remove blue and you get yellow. (Yes, Red and Green light mixes to yellow). Remove all the colors and you get the inverse of white: Black. This is why Cyan, Magenta and Yellow make for a much better set of colors for painting, because they do in fact add together correctly to create the other colors. Red and Magenta, as well as cyan and blue are very similar colors though, so I understand where the confusion comes from. I also assume those three colors have historically been easier to make than cyan and magenta.

@TheAurgelmir Жыл бұрын

@8 bit synth When did I say yellow is the complementary color of blue? Inverses aren't the complementary colors. That said Cyan is a type of bluish color, which invers to red. Red and yellow mixes to orange. Which is why orange is a more pleasing complementary color to bluish tones, because bluish colors sit between cyan and blue, so the complementary sits best between yellow and red.

@harouin9263 Жыл бұрын

@8 bit synth he's talking about the negatives. Not the color wheel opposites

@giseletheriault8633 10 ай бұрын

No they don't. You can't create what most people call a true red with Magenta and Yellow nor a pure orange. We just don't care much about those colors. Cyan is blue. Blue is a color category. You can't make a cobalt blue or an aquamarine blue with cyan blue. Mixing light and mixing pigment are not at all the same thing.

@TheAurgelmir 10 ай бұрын

@@giseletheriault8633 The reason they don't mix as you argue is due to pigment density. (Did you even watch the video?) Cyan isn't blue, look at a color wheel. There used to be a time when people would say orange was a type of red, or yellow, depending on the hue. And yet today we consider orange it's own color. Cyan isn't blue. And sure mixing light and mixing pigment isn't the same thing. But the right pigments to mix in order to mix color correctly are cyan magenta and yellow. Why do you think printers and printing presses uses exactly those colors?

@giseletheriault8633 10 ай бұрын

@@TheAurgelmir "Blue" is a color category. "Cyan" is not a color category. There is only one cyan. There are many blues. In the context of teaching children or lay people colors we are referring to categories not specifics. I don't know what you mean by "mix color correctly". CYM doesn't mix all colors accurately. It still creates versions of them. You will not achieve the clarity and saturation of cadmium orange or red by mixing yellow and magenta.

@ohsillybeans Жыл бұрын

I didn't expect magenta to be the golden colour at the end lol I just picked up Quinacridone Red acrylic, at first I was like ew this is too pink for me, I wanted something more warm. Until I mixed it with blue and holy moly! You're right! Magenta does make a fantastic purple!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

It sure does :) Glad you tried it!

@nadiaseelbach1854 Жыл бұрын

Once I read the book of Michael Wilcox named “Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green”. That was a game changer!!!! The best explanation of a color theory to me at least!!! So structured and well explained. I work in a fashion industry and that knowledge of color helps a lot to work with colors especially when it comes to the combo with a person’s natural palette, when ppl are convinced that some colors don’t work for them.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@mads855 10 ай бұрын

I'll have to look that book up, thank you!

@annamarielewis7078 7 ай бұрын

I always enjoy your very professional videos. I love your twelve color color wheel. It’s a work of art. 💖💜💝

@frappalina Жыл бұрын

I studied this at design school. It's about how colors reflect light and mix together, by addition or subtraction. When you take the colors as light, basically electromagnetic waves, you can obtain any color by mixing red, green and blue (RGB) light sources. These are mixed by addition. And if you mix them all, you get white light. When using pigments, the real primary colors are cyan magenta and yellow. They are mixed by subtraction of light reflection. If you mix them all, you get a desaturated muddy color. I hope I was clear and accurate enough. Have a lovely day

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Appreciate it. The video was meant to scratch the surface in an approachable way. Although I’m happy to have a comments section bursting with so much science :)

@giseletheriault8633 10 ай бұрын

That is when using light, not pigments. If what you were saying were true printers would use just those pigments. High end printing of artwork or even photographs use more pigments. Even house paint uses 9 to 12 pigments.

@aimeemorgado8715 Жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful way to encounter color, exploring the liminal spaces!!!!! I appreciate your videos, and respect the time and talent it takes to make these life changing moments for us. I am such a nontraditional artist, I love your philosophy. I have some intuitive sense of color, but have been curious as to why I can't get the feeling I want when I mix my own watercolors in my small travel kit. Now I know why!!!! I have ALWAYS loved Magenta and Cyan. Permission to use them has now been granted-YEA. I was looking for a color theory class, but now I think I will take your advice and play with the combinations first. and figure out the best and most fun ways to invite more cyan and magenta to the party. BTW, my apartment is in an old Victorian that is painted Purple ,Green, and Yellow-Orange. It was one of my main reasons for living here! Thank you so very much.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Oh wow this is wonderful to hear! Thank you for sharing so much. I never quite know of my way of sharing info makes sense in heads beyond my own lol!!

@carolinehill8564 Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t have said that any better myself. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and happy painting.

@aimeemorgado8715 Жыл бұрын

@@carolinehill8564 thanks! You too! Happy creating.

@jb6712 Жыл бұрын

I've been coloring my drawings by instinct for over 50 years now----my mother was a locally well known artist, and she taught me the color wheel and color theory, but she rarely used either. She created her works from her imagination, and her weavings were incredibly gorgeous pieces that were exquisite works of art in their own right. She started out in oils, but after about 20 years of that, switched to weaving and to quilt making, and there was no stopping her once she began dying all her own yarns for her woven pieces! While I don't sew, nor do I weave, I LOVE to draw and to color the drawings, and do so prolifically, and to my own satisfaction.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@rachelamsterdam1106 Жыл бұрын

I know your comment is from months ago. Your Mother sounds like a wonderful and very creative woman. Do you still have her weavings? Or any of her quilts? If you do, I am so incredibly jealous of you!! That is very special.

@dianepelletierviau1201 Жыл бұрын

To be honest i don't care about color wheel, i paint by instinct and enjoy everything about choosing color and some time making mistake...i am free 😄

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Perfection. Love it!!

@karehhartig7287 Жыл бұрын

My sistah !!!!! 💚🌻🌿🌿

@roshie187 Жыл бұрын

Saaaamee

@Lacroix999 Жыл бұрын

I wish I were here! I’m a very realistic artist and I have a hard time trying to figure out what colors to replace them with instead to do more expressive artwork.

@ReallyRadArt Жыл бұрын

Love that vibe.

@angelcmercado2022 Жыл бұрын

You are a very good instructor. Easy to follow and clear in your way to communicate your concepts. This is one of the best explanations of color theory. You make it easy and entertaining. Great job, Kristy!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@shio5234 Жыл бұрын

Working with Colour is legit like a nightmare to me, but when it’s explained like this, and the cyan magenta yellow thing... you’re amazing! Thank you! I can’t lie Colour theory is scary especially when I see it explained so rigidly so I gave up on understanding but now I want to go draw ❤️

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

You are exactly who I made this video for AND you had the exact reaction I was hoping for…inspiration not fear :) Thank you for sharing!

@BuzzyStreet Жыл бұрын

A split complementary would be choosing the two colors adjacent to the compliment. For violet and the compliment yellow, a split comp would be violet, yellow-orange and yellow-green. For yellow with a compliment of violet, the colors would be yellow, red-violet and blue-violet.

@kayceebuker3758 Жыл бұрын

The Paint box poster. The reason the yellow shirt works is because this picture is every single color scheme at once. Along the edges there is a complementary pink/green border. The figure is wearing a triatic color scheme of orange/blue/yellow while also sporting a secondary-triatic color scheme (Two secondary and one primary color) of orange/yellow/green. As your eye moves through the picture you spot the artist pallet. The pallet is a hidden tetradic. The paints on the pallet even have that 'dirty-cold-margin area' you talked about earlier. Each one of the colors on that pallet will be a complementary to at least one or more color throughout the entire piece.

@karengrace5038 Жыл бұрын

Whenever I feel distressed with my painting, I come to your videos and relaxation, peace, and joy flow over me and I breathe again. Blessing on you.

@oneblondemom 7 ай бұрын

❤ you cannot possibly know the impact of your gift and willingness to share it ❤ before a near fatal assault that resulted in a TBI I had a life, career and most of all love of painting. 11 years now...I couldn't do it. couldn't remember the technique. the joy. just couldn't get there. today Christmas morning...my kids are in different places in the US and alone I was honestly feeling despair...but still had drawers of paper, brushes and unopened watercolors that I used to love. some how your video came up on a random link on Google. I came to just peek...."KNOWING" it was still pointless. hmmm...my heart is on fire. my spirit is glowing. I cannot wait to get everything out that I've hoarded for years hoping that someday I'd remember how to paint.. recapture the joy of color and sharing it. I have no words to thank you * you're right. you were put here to teach watercolors. and at the risk of being over dramatic, I'd go further and say, for me...perhaps to save my life. I'm not alone anymore today, Christmas day, I am painting. bless you little one...I'll be here watching as much as I can, as often as I can (I can no longer work bc of brain injury from asphyxiation) so I can once again share the beauty you've grasped and brought back to life. MERRY CHRISTMAS and an unbelievable NEW YEAR 🎉❤

@KristyRice 7 ай бұрын

I’m in tears reading and re-rereading your comment. Your heart is on fire. Oohhh what a gift that is to me! But let it be your gift too. Every brushstroke is momentum, no matter how small, awkward or ugly it may be. You are most definitely not alone. So glad you found this community

@oneblondemom 7 ай бұрын

@KristyRice thank you so much for your encouragement and support ❤️ I am slowly, but delightfully trying each tiny step, one by one, thrilled to see the colors rolling across my paper again. no "objects" yet, but I am excited nonetheless. my TBI unfortunately keeps me quite self protective and introverted (I had many years as the wild child!) but please know I am here, learning and so very grateful. I'll check in but am just loving my world of watercolors again. ♥︎

@katpaints Жыл бұрын

YES! I began painting traditional rosemaling almost 50 years ago and that has a very specific color palette. Green was made with ivory black and cad yellow. Ugh! There was no purple and no pink, because those are more modern colors. Imagine my joy when i bought a few more colors and started mixing on my own! Fast forward 20 years and people actually wrote books on the real basic triad! I think inkjet printers had helped the comprehension of that but not The practice in art making. The real problem has been lightfastness or the lack of it. The auto industry discovered things in the 1950s that brought us pink Cadalacs and turquoise Chevys. And that changed our paint boxes. With all the excitement about lightfastness, i still don't understand why people still insist on using Opera and the traditional alizirin crimson. There is no perfect replacement, but still! Even when just decorating notes to distant nephews and nieces, those may be kept for 100 years in scrapbooks... or at least that was what happened in my family.

@walterreansalley3410 Жыл бұрын

@@nmhrunner ❤👍

@SmallSpoonBrigade Жыл бұрын

There used to be serious issues with light fastness of paints in olden times, which is a shame as many of the older paintings looked absolutely stunning before the colors faded. And there's a bunch of paintings that just don't look right unless you view them in person with the proper lighting.

@meganaelle Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful video, for some reason it all clicked within me after rebelling against the concept of color theory for such a long time. I was finding it boring but now I feel like a whole world of joy, experiment and wonder has opened up to me! Your split complementary is gorgeous. What you did is actually a split complementary with the 2 complementary colours being 2 steps away from the direct complementary instead of 2 and what blows my mind is that it works too! I tried this with other combos and it works so well! Imagine the possibilities wow mind blown!!

@timeenuf4200 Жыл бұрын

I loved the split complimentary. Thanks for the challenge to make a wheel. Have only done it once before. Love your way of presenting color theory.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@RumoHasIt Жыл бұрын

I love that you painted the same thing over and over for this exercise! I just got some new paints today so this is what im going to do in my studio tuday!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@sorakumono7065 Жыл бұрын

This video is just what I needed! Omg just getting into watercolor painting and colors (seriously) for the first time and it’s been kinda overwhelming. This video makes using and understanding color theory really easy for beginners like me! Thanks so much

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

@yanagektin3279 Жыл бұрын

I think this might be my favorite painting video ever. In under 15 minutes, it gives all information I need for practical painting. With practical examples. A lot of color harmony examples are done in the abstract manner, and my novice brain just can't handle the translation into concrete painting yet. And if watched carefully, a ton of brush technique too. They don't teach color theory in school where I am from, so it was a gap in my knowledge for sure. I felt like my art comes out looking like a slightly depressed clown without it. So I started formally studying it this month. I am all for breaking rules, but I find it easier to do if I understand them first. This video goes on the permanent save for that exact purpose.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

So glad to have helped!

@Khrene Жыл бұрын

9:40 > Why the makes sense. From a color theory perspective IS a slight outlier. It is sorta similar to the warm green that flanks the page. If I were painting, I would totally use that green as a shading color for that yellow. From a composition perspective is where things get interesting as the composition is doing a diagonal symmetry thing. So the yellow is the only thing in this composition that's unpaired and doesn't have a compliment, it also right on the line of symmetry and the focal point of the piece. Putting the only color that isn't paired feels... intentional.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Ahhh love this explanation!

@bettymallorcaart4345 Жыл бұрын

I love your approach to color theory! The interest is in the “in between” 💕

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

😘😘

@Othique Жыл бұрын

I was so happy when you to add Magenta and Cyan to your palette. 1,000% agree and have been met with some backlash in online art communities over it... "CMY is for PRINT NOT PAINT! Waaaghhh!! " Dx ... If you want that sort of dirty look from classic paintings (like that 1940's-esque zoo painting you showed), by ALL means, use the classic color wheel. But if you want the pure 80's POP saturation of an eye-burning orange... USE MAGENTA AND CYAN!!

@zanthinegirliest2455 Жыл бұрын

This was super helpful. I haven’t really painted since college, but when this video popped up on the side of the history video I was watching the title intrigued. I subscribed and am looking forward to watching more of your stuff when I’m not trying to get ready for work. You’ve already inspired me to want to dig out my old Windsor & Newton paints and random brushes!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Oh this is amazing to hear! Dig those paints out!!!

@annenglish2935 Жыл бұрын

Love the cyan, magenta and yellow color wheel... at this point as a beginner I can't grasp all the info on so many sites... but this was great to see you paint theory. Little by little I will learn... took time off painting and learning with fresh eyes, just slower pace. Thank 😊 you Kristy! A California Gramma ♥️

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!!

@okidokidraws Жыл бұрын

Art is simple its how you want to interoperate it, Like me A lot of Colour theory doesn't work for me becasue of my tritanomaly I see things more like with pastel like shades. Everyones colour blindness is different too. Its cool seeing how everyone sees different collours though

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol Жыл бұрын

Good for you for taking on something new--and like anything new--it will take some time--as long as it takes. The important thing is that you're having fun and moving forward. The more you play around with this stuff, the more familiar it becomes. Then the more competence you'll have. That breeds confidence... I've taught watercolor for nearly twenty years and the best thing I can tell you is to make sure you have decent supplies (a few good colors and a decent brush or two with good paper) will save you loads of frustration. Not that you have to buy all top-dollar artist quality supplies---but what I heard most often from my students was "I'll use the cheap stuff until I get better at this...then I'll buy the better stuff"--but that's a bit like saying "I'll practice with a Matchbox car until I get really good at driving--then I'll get a real car and hit the highway..." Trying to get vibrant beautiful colors from cheap (kids') paints that are mostly filler is all but impossible. Getting beautiful brush strokes (as the many showcased here in this video) with a craft brush--is highly unlikely. Papers that ball up and pill--or are made with a lot of filler will also cause a great deal of frustration (crappy papers can make the most vibrant of colors wilt)--most people who give up on watercolor do so before they've ever really given themselves a chance. Keep at it, enjoy the process --and date all of your work --practice sheets and all--because we lose track of our success otherwise. Unless we're keeping track, it feels like we're not making any progress. But we are. Every time we pick up a brush, we are. Happy painting 🎨🌼

@okidokidraws Жыл бұрын

@@TheCrabbyCrafterlol I like the idea of leaving something behind for future generations I like what the Dungeons and Dragons show I watched said one of the characters said Always Leave everywhere you go a better place ^-^ I think as Artists its our Job plus we count as records if we do landscapes and cityscapes on how things use to be we might be in history books in the future some day

@annenglish2935 Жыл бұрын

Thank 😊 you for these inspiring words!!! Last night I painted a floral heart wreath instead of just practicing leaves... I have great supplies... too much... but love my colors!!! Don't use Arches for every day- but have Fabriano 140lb cold press not cotton and Strathmore cotton 5 x 7" cold press I should be using more often. Found many Arches @ Ebay... set really. I appreciate the encouragement... I needed it more than anything. God bless you, a California Gramma ❤️

@Dojustdoandbe 4 ай бұрын

Baby steps is very good advice. I tried to be a really good artist too early on and started losing confidence. Now I sketch and paint a little bit everyday and copied other work which helped me learn and now I’m just using my imagination and photos and from other little exercises I’ve done I’m starting to get better more than I thought I could be.

@KristyRice 4 ай бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@ew.2478 Жыл бұрын

Clear, encouraging and your enthusiasm is contagious! I am grateful when an artist so freely shares their experience and knowledge. GOD BLESS YOU!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for being here!

@thepengreek5476 Жыл бұрын

I can’t paint anything without opera pink .. game changer for sure x

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear!

@56sleepy Жыл бұрын

You are one awesome teacher. I know what colors please me, but I am not an artist. I just like to play. I’ve been over color theory many times and my eyes glaze over rather quickly but I keep coming back. I will surely learn something when I next play and watch your video again! Thanks for a very cool lesson. 😀

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@sherryfurr9115 Жыл бұрын

Kristy…one word…BRILLIANT.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Oh geex, wow thanks!! Just how I see things :)

@susanandrews2294 Жыл бұрын

I did a great deal of rughooking and made custom rugs for family and friends. I reverse-engineered Warhol's work and realized that he used triadic and tetratic combos, and used them myself, to great effect! ETA I know why the yellow works, it ties in the primary colour of blue with the green, which of course is yellow and blue. Easy peasy ;-)

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@joykruczay Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video! One does have to watch that magenta is light fast (if desirable), as colors like Opera are often not. Linking another artists video shows how much you care about art and helping your audience. Thank you - it was excellent. You are a prime example of how one person can make a positive difference in the lives of many.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@Goldi-Luc Жыл бұрын

ah! i will try that color theory chart! thats something new i haven't done before. i have tried for many many years to understand color theory and only when i finally got a split complementary set and mixed my own colors did it actually sink in and stay in my brain.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Please do!

@Madlandia13 Жыл бұрын

Awesome perspective on color! I’ve been an artist my whole life and I’ve only heard about playfulness in color choice in vague terms. You’re soooo right about magenta! I finally learned last year that mixing colors is infinitely more interesting to look at and that we done need a gigantic pallette, but a bright pink/red/magenta is a game changer.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@marcythobaben1284 10 ай бұрын

Still here and just one more reason: YOU are the QUEEN of watercolor FUN!!

@verwilliams1 Жыл бұрын

This is so cool! I will be watching several times and painting along. 🎨🖌

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@ATC.Tigerlily Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a very good explanation that makes it practical and simplified so color theory is loose to be a part of the artwork to enhance it and "blend" with the whole piece. Color should be experimental instead of boxed in.

@laurenb9479 Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! Another enjoyable video...I love your angle of coming at color theory from the margins 😁😁😁 cuz yeah...I take what I learned from art teachers etc and then have fun doing my own thing. BUT that knowledge base is super helpful especially if you get stuck, lol! Also, happy to see you plug Sarah Renae Clark. She is wonderful and yes, super knowledgeable about color 😁😁😁

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy her vids!

@christymoss48 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I struggle with color. This has actually given me a base to build from to improve that. Thanks again! Amazing content.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad :)

@carltonpenuel7595 Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you. I was just thinking about getting a book on color theory, but this actuelly hit the spot. Thank you!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Still get that book! I just skimmed the surface so if this is interesting dive in!!

@somatteson Жыл бұрын

This is exactly the video I needed to see. Thank you! I have been feeling so overwhelmed with color theory, especially when it comes to diving in to watercolors.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol Жыл бұрын

Don't let the "color theory" get to you...play with your colors. As you do, you'll see how they work (or don't work, lol) together. Like anything else, learning color play takes a bit of time. For some reason people often think they should just know this stuff (I've taught watercolor for years). My question is always "How often has it come up for you? Would you be frustrated with your lack of knowledge of blood types if you're not in the medical field? Or angry because you don't know how to rebuild the engine in your car--unless you've done it a thousand times?" Just starting something new is a big deal--good for you 🤗 You'll get there. This will all make sense in time--just keep at watercolor, keep moving forward and before you know it...it'll be second nature to you too.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! You can do it!

@TrioSonata Жыл бұрын

Still here and talking about the fact there are so many colours in there makes me feel happy because I like specific mixtures to capture what I like.

@MrKosko Жыл бұрын

Your color choices and brush work are superb. You should give a shot a mini painting. I think your style would fit it great.

@akira9449 Жыл бұрын

This video came into my youtube page just when i started to search for color theory, thank you, explanation was very clear and simple!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Friends, just to reiterate, I am not a color theory nerd or expert of any kind. Like many I was taught color theory long ago and very quickly moved from my book learning of the subject to a more emotional/obsessive/intuitive connection with color. If you're looking for more formal terminology/approaches to color, there are plenty of youtubers out there for you. I'm simply here wanting to make sure you fall in love with color like I did and not be afraid of it. A few notes: In the split complimentary section the base color was violet, not yellow like the animated arrow suggested lol! Also the correct split complimentary was indeed yellow green NOT blue green… I was pretty sure I had it wrong as I was filming but I said to myself, “Kristy make it work”, and if it’s wrong make a point of it in the voiceover because it did indeed still work and I thought “I think that’s a valuable message” lol! When I discuss hue, shade and tint, the footage didn't actually show an example of all three, sorry about that! There are a few spelling errors I didn’t catch from my editor but ya know, it’s alll good!! You might also like this video where I discuss color theory for composition :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n8enqqmLs5-pe40.html

@vikkigherzi9933 Жыл бұрын

Complementary and monochromatic are misspelled :) But I don't watch your channel for all that left brain stuff; sadly my hypervigilant left brain just sees all that without trying. Which is why I'm so happy to exercise my creative side with you.🤟

@ImeldaFagin Жыл бұрын

Yes. I love your color studies. You made it much simpler to understand.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

@ginabadeaux9319 Жыл бұрын

you are such a great teacher ,bless you in your art journey,im glad you are here so often;

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Thanks for being here! :)

@hishouha Жыл бұрын

I had a colour theory class in college and its actually quite fascinating. Although I’m not the type to find the EXACT tint I need like they wanted me to do, I was able to experiment some very nice things and made one of my favorite piece (that I lost 🥲) I really really like the contrast between warm and cold colours too, I love the video ! Made me want to experiment with the colour wheel

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@morrisonwatercolors Жыл бұрын

Love your positivity and cheerful attitude! This is a good video for color theory introduction. Nicely done! :)

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mad4paws Жыл бұрын

I love this one! You gave us a starting point with a plan.circle! Around and around with an eye on focal point.fun fun.thanks Kristy.big hugs,Maddy

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

😘😘😘

@Pandababyisme 10 ай бұрын

THis is just what I need Kristy!

@minekomisaki8322 Жыл бұрын

i feel so inspired by this, thank you so much!! i am definitely going to make my own little colour wheel and studies now! :3

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

I’m glad!

@carolinehill8564 Жыл бұрын

You explained this so well and is easier to understand. Thankyou for sharing this with us all.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad this was helpful!

@patriciateacher8686 Жыл бұрын

Diane I can say I really don’t blame you much because I’ve been trying to understand as much as I can and it seems so very complicated. But in order to be the artist I can be I have to try extremely hard to try and get these and if I ever have to go to school and take art classes I know that in order to pass the test I need to know as much as I can and gain knowledge of colors and why they are so important. I love colors so very much that I dress for colors, not to impress no one, it’s just that I’m fascinated with beautiful colors. I give it no thought once I put them on until someone approach me and tell me that the like how I blended my colors. Little do they know that I did it for my own taste. I grew up with my parents dressing me in the most dull less and dumbest looking colors and I felt sad and hurt while my classmates wore beautiful colors that matched. That changed me and how I view colors. Colors make you feel good and have a lot of meaning to how you feel about yourself.

@oakstrong1 Жыл бұрын

I'm not an artist but I hope this video helps me decide which colours to choose for my crochet blankets, and which order I should have them.

@lmcintire-brooks475 Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I stumbled onto this site. It was a prompt from KZfaq. I have to say, everything you said made perfect sense to me. There is only one catch, the tetradic exemplar you showed us visually made no sense to my brain. You said it was your favorite, but it seemed chaotic to me. I couldn't tie the colors together in my head. But, my favorite one was the split complimentary.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

And that’s okay! It’s a classically more chaotic color combo…

@sarahlindell9240 Жыл бұрын

This video just makes me feel so calm and safe thank you

@betsyvanek9275 Жыл бұрын

had to save this to try it on my own and yes I stayed for the whole video! TY

@ShantiTrish Жыл бұрын

Thankyou for a lovely informative colour painting. Much love to you and viewers😘👌🙏👋👋🌈

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

@carolynderricks3226 Жыл бұрын

I like to watch the strokes you are making with that type of brush! I have to get one! I do landscapes with foliage and struggle to make closer details look accurate. Also I find many complementary or analogous color schemes in nature and enjoy your video here exploring them. Thank you.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Sarah-ic7dg Жыл бұрын

I'm loving your color study chart!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@judyhoomalamalama Жыл бұрын

I look to the colours in nature that helps me alot. I look out my window and c the trees and flowers and hopefully I get it right on my paper!!!

@illisagaellen6740 Жыл бұрын

loved your examples! For me, images are so much easier to understand than words.

@libraryoflilylol199 Жыл бұрын

I honestly love tetradic color schemes too. When I was trying to figure out a color scheme for my branding, I went with a tetradic one too. I LOVE browns with bright colors, so I chose orange as a base color (dark orange = brown) and then made my tetradic scheme based on that. I'm extremely pleased with my brand colors now

@susanshaver912 Жыл бұрын

Love the 'bleeding' color wheel:) Fascinating video:)

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!! Cheers!!!

@thegaryjay_yt Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant. Thank you. Wish I had this kind of explanation in college back in the day

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@karenbochinski Ай бұрын

I am a knitter and found this helpful. Thanks

@KristyRice Ай бұрын

Ahhhh so cool!

@jondoh587 Ай бұрын

For complementary (commonly misspelled as complimentary), think "to complete". Helps in the spelling, but also helps define the word. Pairs of complementary colors "complete" the color wheel. Take for instance yellow and violet. Yellow brings in yellow and violet brings in red and blue. All three primaries are represented by the pair of complements.

@KristyRice Ай бұрын

Holy wow, never realized I was misspelling this! Gahh, thank you!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️Also love these “complete” concept sooo much 😘

@paulagarrett3758 Жыл бұрын

Love color theory! It's so applicable and useful! 🎨 The paint box with the boy on the tin: it could be seen as two sets of compliments with an additional color (red-pink/green and blue/orange with yellow added), or as 3 analogous colors and a compliment with the addition of a color (red/orange/yellow with blue compliment and green thrown in.) I love that there are many ways to wrap your brain around this stuff. Gardeners/landscapers use color theory a lot. And God uses it all over, my favorite being a blue autumn sky with all the shades of red, yellow and orange across the landscape. 😍💙🍁 Fun! Thanks for this video!

@Shilo2020 Жыл бұрын

I just saw it as a muted pallet. 😊

@paulagarrett3758 Жыл бұрын

I probably should have said the tin with the boy in orange pants, yellow top and blue jacket. It’s fun how we all see color a bit differently.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for being here!

@SilverCottage 9 ай бұрын

Great video. I tend to operate on instinct with my colors. I pick a few and go to town and it usually "works" but I am bearing down on my technique these days, being more intentional, and learning some detail. This is a helpful video for that.

@kr2112 Жыл бұрын

I learned that analogous colors are three side by side. I could be wrong, but just want to suggest it as a possibility. Also, and you may have addressed this in another video, with magenta and any other color it's a good idea to look for a highly lightfast version. I enjoyed this video! Thank you!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Yesss!! I think any colors next to eachother in a variety of numbers will work well! QoR makes a really nice and lightfast magenta, it's a good one!

@yasu-kun5376 7 ай бұрын

This was amazing, and im so glad you did this! It def clears some things up for me

@KristyRice 7 ай бұрын

I'm so glad!

@EpiCceen Жыл бұрын

These videos are so soothing

@toshabeans Жыл бұрын

When will someone talk about the actual pigments, as the color names change per brand. A color filled with different pigments reacts in mixing very differently than a color with a single pigment.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Oooh that’s a big loooong video!!!!

@carlaeskelsen Жыл бұрын

@@KristyRice Big, long and delicious, though!!! 🤤

@ohsillybeans Жыл бұрын

The easiest way to find the same pigment as another brand is to look at the pigment code on the back of the tube/jar. Like Cad med red by liquitex acrylic has PR9 & PR170 to make their cad med red. It's basically the chemical compound that makes up the paint it self. If that makes any sense? Also each red pigment per say can be cool and warm tone so depending if you mix it with a cool or warm yellow, it could make a whole new range of colours.

@jacyoutube4459 Жыл бұрын

semufu9 answered your question, which.... yeah. i usually read the label on art supplies i buy, and try to keep a little notebook with some of my faves' pigment codes jotted down for future reference happy trails

@SmallSpoonBrigade Жыл бұрын

That's one of the reasons why better brands will have a little test splotch on the tube. So, you know pretty precisely what the color is going to look like, even if there is some variation between batches.

@michelleanne9530 Жыл бұрын

I love this vid! It's ok to go (a little) wild!

@katemcmyob339 Жыл бұрын

So thoughtful! I really appreciate this! Thanks!!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@RuviGaPo Жыл бұрын

I like that this is so kind! It's like Heck ye!! Colour theory is fun and cool but it's not supposed to limit you. It's all about what you can do abd knowing what you Want to do with the theory you learn

@jonlizsam Жыл бұрын

I love color theory, especially in regards to watercolor painting. I feel inspired to make my own color wheel study as you have done. Love you lady!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for being here!

@sexyhotcandy24 Жыл бұрын

I'm loving all of these types of videos they are helping me

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Yipppeeee!

@cre8509 Жыл бұрын

That brush control, though!

@cathyknapp8904 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I’m going to try this exercise just because it looks like fun! Thank you.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@ahleena Жыл бұрын

There are there are three sets of primary colors, primary meaning the colors you mix all other colors from: red/yellow/blue for pigment, magenta/yellow/cyan for printing, and red/green/blue for light. (Look at individual pixels on a tv for that one.)

@SmallSpoonBrigade Жыл бұрын

Yes, and I think it's rather unfortunate that we teach kids about primary colors, but use the least primary like of the options.While it does allow you to make brown, which is completely impossible with RGB, it also leads to confusing things like being able to make a primary out of a secondary and primary color which doesn't work out so well in either of the other systems.

@nysaea Жыл бұрын

There is no distinction to be made between pigments and printing. What do you think we print with? The RYB set as primaries was made back when it was the best available option, before we could produce cyan and magenta pigments, which are much closer approximations to true primary colors. It just stuck for historical reasons, but makes little sense with today's pigment technology.

@Window4503 Жыл бұрын

@@nysaea Agreed. We should discard the red, yellow, blue model altogether. All it does is limit artists’ color ranges.

@nysaea Жыл бұрын

@@Window4503 To be fair, a well chosen RYB palette can be a great choice for artistical reasons, they can make lovely muted hues. Teaching it to kids as a primaries palette is what I have a problem with. I've just read too many comments of people who had their confidence in art shattered because they couldn't mix bright secondaries and they thought they were just terrible at it and had no business pursuing art. It's just heartbreaking.

@nysaea Жыл бұрын

@@SmallSpoonBrigade The RGB additive system also allows you to make brown. You may just be confused as to what brown is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rc5klLqLt9q4p4k.html

@vikramdorbala5198 Жыл бұрын

This video is awesome. This somehow makes a lot of sense

@tiffanyhoffman3420 Жыл бұрын

Perfect video!! This is going to be my next painting project!

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Wahooo!!

@johnhawkins4908 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I going to try out these ideas. I learned color mixing using a split primary color palette / color wheel.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@ItsSorrowful Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I've been relatively familiar with color theory(I took a class when I was younger), but this is the perfect refresher for me. I love the way you explain it! It feels so fun and inspiring!

@silverraven2017 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kristy!! I was stuck on exactly that … getting just the right purple.💜 I will be adding magenta to my pallet. Oopsies noted and overlooked 🧡💙

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@jannellcook5772 7 ай бұрын

You are amazing! I just found your channel, and I truly appreciate your theory. Thanks for sharing ❤

@KristyRice 7 ай бұрын

You are so welcome

@youangelique1 Жыл бұрын

Still here. Will definitively go crazy with this!! Thanks for your constant inspiration 🍋🥇

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

You got this!

@Jack_Hinks Жыл бұрын

Hey Kristy 1st time viewer here! randomly saw your video and I getta to tell you... I LOVE your vibe and attitude. legit filled me with joy, thank you! ♥

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Glad you’re here and thank you!!

@maryf7230 Жыл бұрын

I am pretty new to watercolor and just feeling like I am getting it, I just love your no rules approach. The first time I saw you dip your brush into 2 colors I was just like wow I get this. It’s like mixing colors on the page. This will make me feel less scared to put paint to paper. Also I see how much water you use and I love it. I live in a desert and it’s been hard to get water to paint ratios. Things dry so fast that following some instructions are hard because mine is dry by the time i am to add the next color or step. I just about had a heart attack when that drop of water hir your paper. Oh but not you. You said no worries make a leaf out of that. Thank you for you open free way of things. I learn so much from your videos. Maybe I will find my own personal style now.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

You will!!

@attorneycarissa Жыл бұрын

This was wonderful! I'm going to do this!

@annemorgan2928 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. The amount of time it must have taken to produce it with all the visuals scars me. Looking forward to more. Thanks.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@susancurrie6721 Жыл бұрын

Boy! This simplified color theory!!!

@JaymeeKay 3 ай бұрын

Wow, you are so incredibly watchable. Actually you are the most enjoyable teacher ever! Thank you. ❤❤❤

@nelsonx5326 Жыл бұрын

Kristy has great brush control. I'm very free with color now. I'll often use any color. If I don't like what I see I paint over it.

@KristyRice Жыл бұрын

😘😘😘

@nelsonx5326 Жыл бұрын

@@KristyRice That would be in abstract painting that I go crazy with the colors. But I did study color theory in college. I enjoyed the class. It was pretty technical. I'm good that way, even enjoyed studying perspective, which scares some art students. Faber Birren has great books on color theory. I lean towards recognizing 4 primary colors. Each primary has a primary opposite. You are very good with the brush. I believe you have done some sign lettering. The craft of hand lettering is being lost due to the computerized cutting of vinyl letters. I worked painting signs. I never mastered the hand lettering. The shop used me mostly for artsy signs, and carving wood signs. That was 40 years ago. The son inherited the business and he'll still call me sometimes to come and carve a sign, or paint something. I painted a rooster on a restaurant sign for him recently. He likes the way I can just do it. Good wishes to you, my fellow painter.