The Benefits of a Limited Palette — new video

Mark_Carder

In this video I explain some of the benefits of using a limited 5-color palette:

https://youtu.be/DYGi18U4D4M

dencal

Mark

Terrific demo of Geneva Paint combined with your very practical and logical style.
Great work.

Denis

MikeO

@Mark_Carder Excellent video. Thank you.

Eliza

Superb. The best and most concise description of what subtractive color really is.

[Deleted User]

@Kingston Any color model based on producing colors by selectively removing wavelengths from the light source before it reaches your eye, either through filtering (slides, transparencies, etc) or via reflective surfaces (paints, dyes, inks, etc) is subtractive color. The other model is additive color (RGB for screens etc).

I think the term is just more commonly used when dealing with filtering.

Wikipedia said:

A subtractive color model explains the mixing of a limited set of dyes, inks, paint pigments or natural colorants to create a wider range of colors, each the result of partially or completely subtracting (that is, absorbing) some wavelengths of light and not others. The color that a surface displays depends on which parts of the visible spectrum are not absorbed and therefore remain visible.

Tony

I have been using this limited palette since the beginning of the year. The colours I achieve are more beautiful and easy to control than trying to make the same colours from a much larger palette of colours. I think once people honestly give this limited palette a chance they like myself will never go back to having heaps of tubes in their collection.