I was thinking just today, "what colors do I use? What colors do I like?"..

And I found that if I thought about it a bit, a lot of the colors I paint with given an option, tend to be blues, purples, blue-greens, black, grey, silver... Kind of more in the cool-color zone.

With Fae, pixies, elves, water-creatures...
I tend to usually use a little tan and blend that in with a smudge of purple, for example, when I do areas around the eyelids. Guys and girls, it's just that with girls I might make it a lot more obvious of a color difference. Shadows I do in blues and purples if on skin.

With humans, even though the person may be more peach-colored, and warmer-colored, a lot of the times, I dress them in cool colors rather than warm. o.O

Loud people I tend to do warmer colored, quiet people I tend to do cooler colored. o.o'

Do you notice any color patterns you use in this situation or that? O.o' Or is this just me?

I tend to use a lot of earthy colors, browns and greens. On pretty much everything <<;; These browns and greens are often spiced with some red details though.

Whenever I do more chibi-ish or otherwise cute art, it's always pastells though... an overload of them. Tend to use a lot of these colors in my random clothing designs too, I think it's just some kind of obsession right now.

I think I should learn how to use more blue... and also perhaps more "normal" life like colors <<;;

Hmm. I can tell you waht colors I like, but not sure about which I favor.

Reds and burgundies, I like... it's fun to shade with the greens and all to make it really pop, and with some orangey/yellow lighting. I'm not so good with blues and greens and stuff.

humm i know the colors i like to use al ot, but not so sure which ones i use most often. I like light grays, black, reds, and all kinds of greens. but i rarely use blues or yellows.

hum i suppose the colors i use the most would be this light light brown (cinnamon toast) and gray (cool gray 30%).

*ponder ponder* I gotta jot this down sometime and then go back to skim and figure out what exactly that does feel-wise. Cause I'm not sure why exactly I pick this or that, other than it "matching" in my head, but why the hell it matches in my head is beyond me. x.o'

oh, color wise, i have a weird aversion towards the color blue O_o
but it's the easiest to shade for me, anyways ^^

i love warm colors [orange, red, yellow] and earthy tones [green, olive, moss, brown].

i like my colors saturated, and i rarely use pastel colors [maybe i should try that ^^']

I like every color, but I REALLY RARE use green Oo;

.. @__@;; a lot of my pictures end up being a color palette of red, white, black...

I don't do it on purpose but it kinda... just... happens... it's not extremely obvious either since I do pinkish grays with whites and etc... but if it's not red-white-black, then it's earthy tones like tans/browns/greens.

I do like using all the colors *w* those are just the ones I happen to lean towards... o_O;

Originally Posted by ScarletStratholme

*ponder ponder* I gotta jot this down sometime and then go back to skim and figure out what exactly that does feel-wise. Cause I'm not sure why exactly I pick this or that, other than it "matching" in my head, but why the hell it matches in my head is beyond me. x.o'

I've taken like, classes that tell you not like, which colors do what when other colors are around them, but what kind of thought process people go through when viewing a color - like communications and stuff. It's really neat and it helps a lot to convey an idea behind an image.

• I tend to use bright, exciting colors with most of my art, but I have been known to use subdued/bland colors like when I painted Victoria Everglot(from the Corpse Bride) for a portrait project 'cause I fail at painting realistically. xD

Hrrms, I didn't realize they had classes like that, I should try to take one sometime. X3 Would prolly help me a bit. :)

Originally Posted by ScarletStratholme

Hrrms, I didn't realize they had classes like that, I should try to take one sometime. X3 Would prolly help me a bit. :)

Yeah, they're not finearts. WEll, maybe they are. I mean, you do it in graphic design. But I know a lot of them here are found under the communications department.

Emotions do affect the colors you use. Same with the setting. I know I'm not too good enough to do that on purpose. Though good enough, I do it by accident. X3

Blues, greens, purples, white.

I try to wear a lot more than that, but those are mostly my fall back colours.

usually in anime / manga you use typically bolder and more differant colors for the hair such asa purple /blue or likea green not your everyday brown or blonde . for the clthes you use more neutrals like grey or brow or earthy tones :]

Originally Posted by Rawrr__x

usually in anime / manga you use typically bolder and more differant colors for the hair such asa purple /blue or likea green not your everyday brown or blonde . for the clthes you use more neutrals like grey or brow or earthy tones :]

Un-natural colored anime hair bothers me.

Haha, all my OCs have like, genertically-possible hair.