How to Create a Color Palette for Your Next Painting | A complete guide
When creating a painting you often have an idea of which colors to use: greens for foliage, blues for water, reds for flowers etc. But how do you know how…
How to avoid muddy colors when painting
Painting with watercolors is often intimidating because it’s very easy to get muddy paintings. But no more after you read this article! I’ll show you how to avoid muddy colors…
Mystery solved: the important difference between violet and purple
When talking about which hue comes from mixing blues and reds, some speak of violet and some speak of purple. But, is there a difference? Or are they the same…
Which primaries are best? Difference between BYR, CMY and RGB
If you google the 3 primary colors you see that you get contradictory results. In elementary school, you learn about red blue, and yellow. In high school, you learn that…
How to use a color wheel? | Color Theory for beginners
In this part of ''Color Theory For Beginners'' you'll learn how to use a color wheel and why it is such a handy tool. I always keep a color wheel…
Color psychology: how color can make a massive difference
Color psychology: We know that emotion affects your mood. Did you also know that color affects your emotions? This means that people are mentally, emotionally (and even physically!) manipulable through…
Warm vs cool colors: how to easily tell them apart | 3-step method
A very important part of color theory is knowing how to identify warm and cool colors. But this knowledge also applies to picking out colors for your interior. Typically, a…