Many novices are worried about using the wrong color and only dare to use the relatively weak contrast. Although the overall picture is not easy to make mistakes and looks softer, in fact, the color matching lacks a sense of contrast, and the overall picture will look gloomy.

Of course, if the contrast between the two colors is too strong, it will also cause disaster. As long as you understand, there is no color that can never be matched together, and there is no absolutely versatile color. Everything depends on the situation.

2 The same color system creates a sense of atmosphere.

Contrast colors and complementary colors are mostly used in illustrations with strong impact and attractive features. So, how to match colors for illustrations with strong atmosphere?

Adjacent colors and the same color system are good choices! Different colors give people different feelings. Adjacent colors have similar feelings. For example, red and yellow are warm colors, which will make people feel warm and full. Similarly, cool colors are cooler and more rational.

(3) Break the imprisonment of inherent color.

There is another trick: color can not rely too much on the inherent color.

For example, when painting the sky and the sea, most people think of using dark blue and light blue, but actually change it to cyan, so that the sky is fresher, the light yellow creates warmth, and the pink-purple sky makes the picture more romantic.

When drawing other elements, try to use other colors when the structure is clear. For example, common apples, besides red, purple and green can also give people different feelings.

Because the intrinsic color is the color that an object reflects under normal light. However, painting is, after all, an art, a re-creation, not a perfect restoration of real life. When drawing illustrations or designs, as long as the structure is clear, color matching can show personal style, which is what we often call "subjective color".

④ Tone can be less "pure"

Any object is in the environment, not in a vacuum, producing environmental color. Too "pure" hue actually does not exist in real life.

Take the sky as an example. Pure blue makes the picture look dull and boring. Blue with a little cyan and purple will be more detached.

The same example is green plants, pure green, which often feels strange in the picture, but if you add some green or yellow to the green, it will be more integrated into the environment and make the picture more vivid and harmonious.

The environment has a great influence on the color of the object itself, which is why many painters paint objects not with only one color, but with multiple colors. The most common graphic painting style is to add contrast colors to neutralize the sense of the picture.