I read Grit by Angela Duckworth, and it encouraged me to "Zero in on specific weaknesses and drill them relentlessly." I want to gain mastery of color, so I'm zeroing in on color theory and drilling it relentlessly.
In order to do that, I read about the color wheel and making color palettes. Here is simple yet effective advice.
For these first drills, I am starting with the Primary colors (red, yellow, blue) and Secondary colors (green, orange, violet). The "Main" colors, if you will. And I am only doing one color at a time, aka a Monochromatic color scheme.
Today I am doing Red and using this advice.
Here is my "Most, some, a bit" palette.
Next, I'm doing a challenge from design school. To start we pick four colors, and I have chosen four colors from the palette.
We were assigned to accurately transition from one color to the other, choosing the correct colors by eye. This improves our ability to see subtle differences in color and become better at choosing them. This is my attempt at transitioning between colors.
For comparison to how accurate I was, this is the mathematically "proper" transition done by the computer. Can you spot any differences?
Finally, I want to have some fun, so I'm going to color in a coloring book.
To color this in, I will be applying the palette colors in their "most, some, a bit" amounts. Can you see where each color fits in?
Note: My palette only had 5 colors but I needed 6, so I took a color from the "transition" exercise. It is used for the shadow inside his cape.
Final notes: Also from Grit by Angela Duckworth is a quote by Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase.
"Failures are going to happen, and how you deal with them may be the most important thing in whether you succeed."
Tune in next time!
-Grahamicus
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