Colour Theory

Colour Theory & The structure of colour

There are different colour styles which enable different shadings, colours and different colour saturation. The three different types are 'Hue, Value and Saturation'. These allow for different levels of colours whilst also having different effects on different images. Shown below are some images that use these different concepts to create an image. 

This image shows the different levels used from a simple orange and yellow mixed with dark greys/blacks to create a image as a whole. Using these different colours of orange to create this whole style of a character both using over the top greys and oranges all the way to taking out all the saturation to black and many others. 

Most of the time, people use different colour wheels to create these different styles and colours to enable them to be able to see clearly what different shades they can use whilst manipulating them to the degree they want to use. Shown below is a colour wheel which is made from different shades of primary colours.

This colour wheel is exactly what people use to create different shadings because it gives off the different colour shadings for each colour. They manage to manipulate these colours into colours they wish to use, or even merging them together to create new colours and shadings. The main way people go about this is using the three primary colours whilst mixing them together to create any colour they wish with the right amount of mixture.

Art, D. (2016) Character concept art: Mage. Available at: http://kenji893.deviantart.com/art/Character-Concept-art-Mage-618243252 (Accessed: 21 November 2016).
The gardener’s Colour wheel (no date) Available at: http://www.wyevalegardencentres.co.uk/the-gardeners-colour-wheel (Accessed: 21 November 2016).