~I only summarized what was mentioned in the video and do not own anything here~
~All images here are screenshots of the video~
Saturation
- Don’t overdo it – lots of bright saturated color looks incredibly fake and leave no time for the eye to rest, hence irritating when view for sometime.
- Guide viewers by using bright saturated color sparingly a line of bright red along the back guide the direction of camels
- Use it to tell a story – animated flim used alot of bright saturated color for a sense of animation
- Affects mood – brightness and saturation = happy, dull and desaturated = sadness
- Draws attention to something – highly saturated point is used for viewer to anchor
Color Harmony
Monochromatic
- only one colour
- Best for single subject
- atmospheric
Analogous
- easy on the eye
- peaceful, comfortable mood
- seen alot in nature
Triadic
- best for cartoon/ surreal
- hard to pull off
Complementary
- very popular
- naturally pleasing on eye
- use one color predominantly – the weaker colour
Split complementary
- More creative freedom
- Feels lively/ joyous
Tetratic (Double Complementary)
- best used for foreground/background – a set at foreground/ a set at background
- hard to pull off
- never 25% for each