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Let’s use the same grey ball in a different environment. Not only do we have to think about the values, the light source, the shadow shape, and the reflected light, but also the color of the environment, the color of the light, and the color of the shadows. There are a lot of complicated elements. When you add color, that’s where the hard stuff is happening. With these principles, you can create the illusion of dimension just by knowing the source and direction of the light.Įven though this is a flat surface, when we look at this picture we can understand geometry and the depth expressed in the picture. The reflected light is never as strong as the light itself.
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Light bounces around everywhere and so a little bit of reflected light appears in the shaded area. There’s also a third kind of light source that comes from the physics of the light itself. When the light hits the surface, all planes of the geometry facing the light are lit and become brighter, while all planes not hit by the light are in shadow. The light comes from the right top corner.
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In a simplified world, everything would be grayscale because it would be easiest to draw and paint.įor this example, let’s imagine a neutral grey ball on a gray table with a source of light. The color wheel is important because it will be a guideline to identify how colored light influences the original or base color, called the “local color”.īefore I start using colors, I’ll explain the principles of shading. Gray is in the middle of the color wheel. When you mix violet with yellow, you will get a muddy gray color. That is true for every single of these color pairs. When you mix complementary colors together, for example, blue and orange, the result will be a gray color. Complementary colors are on opposite sides of the color wheel. The outside of the circle organizes the colors according to how they combine.Ī key point we will focus on today is “complementary colors”. By mixing primary colors together you get secondary colors between the primary colors. It’s built on three primary colors: yellow, red, and blue. This color wheel is the traditional painter color wheel. First, I want to explain the tool that should be every artist’s best friend: the color wheel.