question: when you read "#F500B3" do you understand what kind of color is?
Explanation: if you tell me: C0-Y100-M30-K45, I'll understand is an a medium brown, same with RGB (but is a little harder), and that way of writing color is new, it came with the popularisation of the computers.
I notice everyone use those numbers and letters. But do you use it because you understand what those mean (and can tell what color is) or is just because is easier? when I need to remember a color, I write down them using that system, is faster, but I got use to them when I started working on web design.
I like red and blue, but don't have a color preference really, i like anything as long as it have a high contrast, complementary or split complementary. and absolutly no pink.
0088FF is about my favorite color, though 880044 is pretty cool. And to Anetalaya, yes, people who spent alot of time in certain types of chat rooms, or spend alot of time working on HTML would be used to the hex colors. I suppose CG artists would use RGB the most. I've never even seen one like "C0-Y100-M30-K45" before, so I guess it just depends on what you use specific colors for the most.
@Anetalaya, Hehe... us pixel pushers are almost all self-taught, so don't sound too surprised to find out that most of us have no clue about CMYK color referencing or any other print basics. :D
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ok... i hope i understood this right now. So blue is the complimentary colour for orange?
if i am useing a brighter orange is it better to use a darker blue as a complinetary colour or better also a brighter blue? and how many colours is best for a picture to use? someone told me not to use more than 4 colours. Is that right?
LOL!! I guess I'm from old school then!! When I started studinb graphic design didn't touched a computer the first year, that way we learned to mix colors (blue+yellow=green and the rest) I even used a dropper to make gradients, that way I had the exact same number of steps between each color (that was just me, I'm crazy, is way too much work) when started using the computer, the best system for was CMYK cause it works with percents -100 is satured, 0 is no color- (and since is also used to send work to print) RGB is more complicated for me cause it use red green and blue to mix color, and sometimes I get confused. HEX colors... well I'm still trying to understand those.
@Imrik: the complementary of each color is the one on the exact same place at the oposite side of the color wheel, so for light orange, the complemantary is light blue, but also darck blue would work.
Using light blue would make a vibrant scheme. a dark blue will result on a slight more soft scheme, but still vibrant, cause they are complemantaries. Also remind that when using complementary scheme, the color you use less is the one that will be more visible (try painting the backround with blue and place a small orange circle anywhere to see what I mean).
About how many colors, yes not more than 4. You can use for example: orange and blue and red and green, those 2 last are analogous with the first two. or any other combinations, but always respecting using monochromatic or analogous or complemantarys, etc.
Don't worry to much about it, color theory os hard to learn, I have 4 years designig and I bought a color harmony book, the make that task easier, cause still sometimes don't know what color to use.
But if you need more help, or want to learn more, just ask me, I love color theory (look at my profile for my email).
i'm right with anetalaya. i worked in print for 5 years and all we used was CMYK (and pantone shit) so i am used to it. but seems like that hex/web colors are easier to rememeber for people, oh well.
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