Color Theory: Drill 4

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 Orange 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 4 colors but I needed 6, so I took two colors from the "transition" exercise. One is used for highlights on his suit, and the other for the utility belt/emblem.

Final notes: Children see what's in front of them. I think kids say things when adults won't because children see what's in front of them, like The Emperor's New Clothes. Seeing what's in front of you gives you power. Seeing what's in front of you means you're harder to fool, not distracted by context, by what's going on around you. There is no hesitation. You see only what's in front of you.

Tune in next time!

-Grahamicus