Warm and Cool Colours: How to Tell the Difference

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Sharing a short video explaining one way we describe colour when analysing it. How warm or cool it is. I hope I can break this down and show how I use it in my work.
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@dixiemesser5759 Жыл бұрын

This information is a game. Changer

@sarahjensen8095 Ай бұрын

Thanks so much I was struggling especially with cool warm white

@wilmakerstholt699 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Emma

@barbarascott1774 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your tips and help your work is amazing

@crystalthursby2808 Жыл бұрын

Very useful! Thank you so much!

@richardpetts5149 3 жыл бұрын

very helpful and interesting thank you Emma

@minniejones5906 3 жыл бұрын

cute doggie, excellent art work and verrrrry helpful explanations and tips. thanks from ontario canada

@margarettepper4407 Жыл бұрын

I love your work Emma. I do find the sticks to big for me to use I prefer the pencils. Your colour theory was interesting to listen too and helps me to expand on colour in the shadows.

@wilmakerstholt699 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@mjpete27 3 жыл бұрын

I love listening to a really talented artist who knows what they are doing! You have explained this very complex and confusing topic so well that even the old hands who have been at the painting game a true breath of fresh air! Thank you Emma, please take care and be safe over there, have a lovely day!

@leighadams9002 Жыл бұрын

Love this it was so helpful!

@kyliaeastwell1394 2 жыл бұрын

A fascinating subject clearly explained, including the vital tip that colour warmth or coolness is relative. Also, I would never have thought of introducing warm highlights into the cooler ones to prevent the dog from looking too cool overall. Can't wait to try this, which is my response to all of Emma's videos!

@mommyzethartcorner7685 2 жыл бұрын

wow I dont know what to say you explain this topic so well Ms. Emma. more than what i expect. I will take note of this when i start my 1st pastel. As of now im just preparing my materials. now i understand what is lacking in my previous colored pencil portrait. again thanks so much.

@EmmaColbertArt 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you found this helpful!

@sylviewheeler6237 2 жыл бұрын

Super gréât vidéo ! I love listening to you , calm , and very clear! A real great learning moment ! Thanks !

@EmmaColbertArt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@katywuste9054 3 жыл бұрын

You explained the warm/cool tones really well and the dog painting is gorgeous and so lifelike, it’s like he knows how cute he is

@mikerandle539 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing this, that’s the kind of video that keeps us beginners inspired!

@fotoalive 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Just discovered you today! So happy! I have a Japanese Spitz, she is 08 months old , the Big love of my life! she really looks like your drawing! I would be so happy if I can paint like this one day! Thank you so much for making such amazing valuable videos. Merci Beaucoup!

@EmmaColbertArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments! Really appreciate your feedback on my videos and very glad to hear they will be of help to you. I have the Spitz time-lapse also on my KZfaq channel and longer tutorials all about the fur on my Patreon too. :-)

@lynnrushton7458 3 жыл бұрын

Great explanation Emma. It’s amazing how we train our eyes to see colour . I see so much more now, than I did a year ago.

@sylviewheeler6237 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s incredible ! Everything is so different with time ! The shadows, the distances etc ! It’s a really really great voyage!

@djh-xt8tn 3 жыл бұрын

Wow amazing artwork thank you for sharing to tips 😊

@dreadnoughtb3364 3 жыл бұрын

Your explanations are brilliant. Thank you for sharing.

@anettedouglasdotter 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Emma - it is tricky to pick the right colours, especially in shadow areas, I think! 🎨 You made me look at this from a clearer angle now! ❤And what a gorgeous painting of that stunning dog! 🙏

@michep.169 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much. This help me alot

@leslienewman2052 3 жыл бұрын

You’re an excellent teacher and such a magnificent artist. Thank you, so happy I’ve found your channel !

@choochoochooseyou 3 жыл бұрын

What an eye opener. I got the purples totally wrong. I called the vivid one warm. Another thing I need to study now. Thanks Emma x

@EmmaColbertArt 3 жыл бұрын

In another context that purple one might be warm...for example if next to a cool blue. In this case it was the cooler end of my spectrum in this piece. Colour is relative, just depends what it's next to as to how it reacts.

@choochoochooseyou 3 жыл бұрын

@@EmmaColbertArt Thank you, Emma. I was about to sort my pastels into warms and cools but I get that it's all relative now.

@honeybunchhoneybunch9954 3 жыл бұрын

A most useful video Emma as always. A best tip you’ve given us elsewhere is that contrasting tones are as important as using the correct colours ie using lights and darks. All excellent information - many thanks.

@annfoster1980 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. This is very helpful for someone who struggles with warm and cool variations of some colours. Will watch again

@ArtandDiamondsWithEskies 3 жыл бұрын

OMG it's an Eskie! I have a few of those here in my house and they're cuddly and they bark a lot LOL. Beautiful work!

@Timea75 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for these very helpful tips. Now I understand it.

@michellekleingers8238 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing these very helpful tips! I've struggled with these very issues, especially the ones that are considered neutral.

@hemmerable 3 жыл бұрын

This was very interesting color theory. It's pushed my brain a bit today and has me thinking(as always) about what i'm actually seeing vs what i assume ive seen.... thank you for the thought provoking content as usual!

@janeward2878 3 жыл бұрын

A great video! I have just bought your unison light and shade set and have found the warm and cool light and mid tone colours so useful not just for animals but in landscape paintings.

@EmmaColbertArt 3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear Jane! Unlike my other set, this was with all subject matters in mind so I'm glad to hear it's working nicely for artists.

@paintingasmr7 3 жыл бұрын

Best tutorial so far warm and cool colors used to scare me like where to use them how to apply them now Im starting to understand it pls make more vids on this topic like showing how to use them just a request

@EmmaColbertArt 3 жыл бұрын

I have a playlist on colour theory at kzfaq.info/sun/PLbkshqfGlew_doqyQRS0ullUTyShisFjj This is a series I need to continue as there is so much more to talk about!

@paintingasmr7 3 жыл бұрын

@@EmmaColbertArt yes

@55luvmusic55 3 жыл бұрын

Emma, you are not only an amazing artist but a wonderful coach. I’m glad I found you and am looking forward to learning a lot from membership on your Patreon. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world 🙏

@EmmaColbertArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lovely feedback! I'm just trying to share what I've picked up over the years in a way I would have understood it myself :-)

@helgavanzaane3911 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Emma. The whole colour journey in art is just so magical and a favorite meditative practice almost. I rarely use pure white or black now.

@dorothygladsjo3510 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, you probably heard the aha “click” that just happened in my newbie brain! Thank you!!!

@EmmaColbertArt Жыл бұрын

Haha! That's great to hear!

@sujanithtottempudi2991 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation😊

@joyellis3354 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Emma most helpfull

@MT-bc6xf 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. You are such a great teacher and what a needed subject for artists, me included. You are so right; I didnt see the shades or temperature initially either and continue to check myself often. Some are obvious and some....not so much. You hit all the important points and I thank you!! Glad to be subscribed and proud to be a patron of yours you have taught me tons and I will always be grateful. ❤👼

@EmmaColbertArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michele!

@PopleBackyardFarm 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent I worked in Interior design and the make up industry for years this was good

@markjayne935 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this video Emma, I think colour theory is so important yet I was never taught it in school. Some of my art work has had a flat appearance and I couldn't understand why until I started on looking at colours and subtle differences in shadows and reflections and how they appear next to one another. Much of it really about our perception of colour as well as what's reflected back to our eyes, how the mind "invents" colour to make sense of the world we see.

@EmmaColbertArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I wasn't really taught this stuff in school either which is why I'm making these videos :-)

@brendatrujillo2666 3 жыл бұрын

Emma, your videos are always so helpful. I'm also a member of your Patreon channel. Warm and cool colors are so hard for me to get in my head. This video helps! Thank you for all your hard work in educating us and allowing us to watch your process. You are greatly appreciated!

@EmmaColbertArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brenda! Glad this helped, it's not an easy subject!

@ceciliasaavedra8693 Ай бұрын

Woww - beautiful if you can analyse some impressionist’s ‘ paintings ❤️

@EmmaColbertArt 18 күн бұрын

Thank you! I have more videos in this colour theory series at kzfaq.info/sun/PLbkshqfGlew_doqyQRS0ullUTyShisFjj In many of them I do show some Impressionist work and talk about how colour theory is applied.

@luckyhiker3434 2 жыл бұрын

Real nice information video. When you look at a picture that another took what system do you use to identify warm and cool tones?

@EmmaColbertArt 2 жыл бұрын

I have another video where I go into a bit more detail on warm and cool tones at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qryhhNl2ppupZo0.html

@catherinelevison3310 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds as though if I purchase the Emma Colbert “Animal Set” and the “Lights and Darks” by Unison that I’ll have the correct supplies to do your tutorials on Patreon? Are there are any single soft sticks I should get to be sure I have enough color range? Ordering from Jackson’s isn’t as easy from the USA and I’d like to get all I’ll need. I know you’d also have me get the Faber-Castel hard black stick too. Anything else? I don’t mind picking up some of your other favorite colors. (I have Pastelmat paper and blender tools already. My art interests are landscapes, animals, and protraits-too varied to be certain about which sticks to buy.) Thank you.

@EmmaColbertArt 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Catherine, if you want to paint a mixture of those subjects I would recommend the animal set and perhaps a landscape set. You won't have greens otherwise. The animal set will surprisingly cover you for a lot of people portraits also. It's just a good basic palette. But you will want landscape colours. Here is a link to the Faber Castell black stick, I do like those! www.jacksonsart.com/faber-castell-pitt-monochrome-crayon-burnt-black-soft?___store=jacksonsart_en&acc=087408522c31eeb1f982bc0eaf81d35f. You don't need to have every colour I use, I share the colour codes so you can substitute for what you have.

@catherinelevison3310 3 жыл бұрын

Emma Colbert Art .... thank you, I received my order from Jackson’s today. I’m joining your Patreon.

@paintingasmr7 3 жыл бұрын

How do we know if the purple had blue or red like I cant see the difference

@paintingasmr7 3 жыл бұрын

Pls make tutorials on human skin too😊

@EmmaColbertArt 3 жыл бұрын

I have a whole playlist on people at kzfaq.info/sun/PLbkshqfGlew9KIgBQPEliIhzpjeR5Wh_P