Paint Color Combinations
Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:15 pm
I recently bought a present for my best friend who's moving away on Thursday. It's a box with slots to put pictures in it and stuff like that...
Anyway, I need to decide what to paint it. She likes lots of different colors, and I was just wondering if anyone here knew any good color combinations to paint it. I need to use two or more colors or I'm afraid it will just look plain. Anyway, if you know any good color combinations, please post them here before tomorrow, as that's when I need to decide and begin working on it.
Anyway, I need to decide what to paint it. She likes lots of different colors, and I was just wondering if anyone here knew any good color combinations to paint it. I need to use two or more colors or I'm afraid it will just look plain. Anyway, if you know any good color combinations, please post them here before tomorrow, as that's when I need to decide and begin working on it.
Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:13 pm
Try figuring out what colors she likes the best, and then on a sheet of paper, kinda just test out some of the color combinations. Mix colors, play with them. Work with the frame (what kind of frame is it exactly?)... *shrug*.
I personally love the tertiary (or 'designer') colors. So if you mix different purples and yellows together you get these freakishly amazing color combinations (if done right; rather then just browns). And yeah.
*shrug*
I personally love the tertiary (or 'designer') colors. So if you mix different purples and yellows together you get these freakishly amazing color combinations (if done right; rather then just browns). And yeah.
*shrug*
Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:23 pm
Well, number one, what kinds of colors does she like? Number two, you might want to go with a sort of 'wedge' in the color wheel - for example, use colors that range from green to bluish-purple. Or something.
Ahoteinrun, I'm not an artist, but what you're talking about sounds fascinating. Is there a picture you can link me to that has a good example of tertiary colors done well?
Ahoteinrun, I'm not an artist, but what you're talking about sounds fascinating. Is there a picture you can link me to that has a good example of tertiary colors done well?
Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:36 pm
Eep.
Well... this makes me think that I should've kept my tertiary color chart. Heh. *blush* I kinda hated color charts in that section of Visual design so they got smushed up and tossed around Christmas.
*goes off to look*
Quite honestly, it's like a gradient scale, black-white with colors in between.
But instead of black and white you use the primary/secondary colors. (to do the basic ones; ours had about... 12 different scales to make, so it was more then just the three otherwise).
http://www.creativepro.com/img/story/img_6858b.gif
Ok. So if you had that image on your screen. You'd take a ruler, find the middle point and from that point, place your ruler evenly across so that it ran through whatever center you found. Now then, you'd take the colors on either side of the rulers edge, and mix them together in various weights to either color (such as taking a whole bunch of purple and adding just a drop of yellow) until your color fades out completely to the yellow kinda thing...
*sighs*
If I could find a better picture, I would. But to be honest, I can't. *shrugs helplessly* did that make any sense at all? *goes back to looking for examples*
Oh come on now... I can't be the only fine arts student to have done this....
Edit: http://www.visibone.com/color/chart_318.gif
The bottom of this picture has some of the tertiary colors. Red-green kinda thing. (if done properly, they aren't brown!)
Well... this makes me think that I should've kept my tertiary color chart. Heh. *blush* I kinda hated color charts in that section of Visual design so they got smushed up and tossed around Christmas.
*goes off to look*
Quite honestly, it's like a gradient scale, black-white with colors in between.
But instead of black and white you use the primary/secondary colors. (to do the basic ones; ours had about... 12 different scales to make, so it was more then just the three otherwise).
http://www.creativepro.com/img/story/img_6858b.gif
Ok. So if you had that image on your screen. You'd take a ruler, find the middle point and from that point, place your ruler evenly across so that it ran through whatever center you found. Now then, you'd take the colors on either side of the rulers edge, and mix them together in various weights to either color (such as taking a whole bunch of purple and adding just a drop of yellow) until your color fades out completely to the yellow kinda thing...
*sighs*
If I could find a better picture, I would. But to be honest, I can't. *shrugs helplessly* did that make any sense at all? *goes back to looking for examples*
Oh come on now... I can't be the only fine arts student to have done this....
Edit: http://www.visibone.com/color/chart_318.gif
The bottom of this picture has some of the tertiary colors. Red-green kinda thing. (if done properly, they aren't brown!)
Sun Jul 18, 2004 8:16 pm
Ah, okay. Cool. 
I've got PSP, so I can easily make gradients and find these tertiary colors. Thanks!
I've got PSP, so I can easily make gradients and find these tertiary colors. Thanks!
Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:18 am
Follow what ahoteinrun said.
Typical colour combinations that I know of though:
Purple-pink
Blue-red
Blue-white
Orange-black
Yellow-green
Blue-green
White-black
Warm colours (red, yellow, orange, etc)
Cool colours (green, blue, purple, etc)
Complimentary:
orange-blue
red-green
yellow-purple
Typical colour combinations that I know of though:
Purple-pink
Blue-red
Blue-white
Orange-black
Yellow-green
Blue-green
White-black
Warm colours (red, yellow, orange, etc)
Cool colours (green, blue, purple, etc)
Complimentary:
orange-blue
red-green
yellow-purple
Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:35 am
if you REALLY wanted to go to town, you could try highlighting and lowlighting (hard to do properly but looks amazing) also try adding, directions of flow (the direction you brush in) but no more than two or three, or it looks dodgy.
(by the way i paint models as a hobby, and these tips are from people who paint such models for a living, i'll post a couple of pictures if someone wishes so)
(by the way i paint models as a hobby, and these tips are from people who paint such models for a living, i'll post a couple of pictures if someone wishes so)
Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:08 am
Orange and Purple are always good choices, and we're painting my room orange and blue and that hopefully will look good together. Anything with orange looks good actually, orange and yellow are neato.
Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:42 am
Orange and blue!! My favorite color scheme!
Take a picture once you're done, Clemson?
My other favorite color scheme: blue, purple, pink (or like.. sunset colors)
Take a picture once you're done, Clemson?
My other favorite color scheme: blue, purple, pink (or like.. sunset colors)
Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:43 pm
Well, it;s not plain at all. I love it. I look at it evey time I need to be reinsured. Every thing will be OK and I hope I can fine a good home. Miss ya,
Caite Lynn
Caite Lynn