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Pixel_Outlaw
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Topic: Defining color types.
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 10:47pm

I was just wondering how you would create real world colors.

Like 80's "hot" or neon colors (high saturation and value/light)

Pastels ( low saturation perhaps w? high light/value ?)

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Anlina S.
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Posted: 08 February 2007 at 10:38pm

Your colours are going to appear differently depending on what is around them.

If you want part of your piece to appear neon, then make your neon a highly saturated colour and use lower saturation colours in the rest of your piece.

Pastels use a high lightness in your colours, perhaps a lower saturation, depending on your overall piece.

Try working on your piece on a grey background instead of white - the backlit white makes everything but the most saturated colours appear dull by comparison, but you never see that kind of white on normal objects in real life, just powerfully lit stuff, like electric lights or the sun shining directly onto puffy clouds.

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jalonso
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Posted: 09 February 2007 at 4:24am

I'm disappointed in you. You mean you don't have a mathematical algorithm or some other uber p_o way to determine rl colors :/

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Ensellitis
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Posted: 09 February 2007 at 4:33am

photo with color + photoshop + eyedropper (w/ 3x3 sample setting)= pretty damn close

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Larwick
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Posted: 09 February 2007 at 6:00am

If you want neon colours, try not to go too light (for the midcolour), as they will look pale. Bzzt.

Also, mess with the hues. Like, if you want a lighter neon green, just make it more yellow, or whatever. I'm probably talking a load of balls cus i've never actually tried it though. Lol.

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Pixel_Outlaw Commander Joined: 01 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3829	Topic: Defining color types. Posted: 31 January 2007 at 10:47pm
	I was just wondering how you would create real world colors. Like 80's "hot" or neon colors (high saturation and value/light) Pastels ( low saturation perhaps w? high light/value ?)

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Anlina S. Commander Joined: 30 June 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 139	Posted: 08 February 2007 at 10:38pm
	Your colours are going to appear differently depending on what is around them. If you want part of your piece to appear neon, then make your neon a highly saturated colour and use lower saturation colours in the rest of your piece. Pastels use a high lightness in your colours, perhaps a lower saturation, depending on your overall piece. Try working on your piece on a grey background instead of white - the backlit white makes everything but the most saturated colours appear dull by comparison, but you never see that kind of white on normal objects in real life, just powerfully lit stuff, like electric lights or the sun shining directly onto puffy clouds.
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 09 February 2007 at 4:24am
	I'm disappointed in you. You mean you don't have a mathematical algorithm or some other uber p_o way to determine rl colors :/
	PJs FAQ <•> Sticky Reads
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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 09 February 2007 at 4:33am
	photo with color + photoshop + eyedropper (w/ 3x3 sample setting)= pretty damn close
	ಠ_ಠ There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross.
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Larwick Commander Joined: 18 July 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4015	Posted: 09 February 2007 at 6:00am
	If you want neon colours, try not to go too light (for the midcolour), as they will look pale. Bzzt. Also, mess with the hues. Like, if you want a lighter neon green, just make it more yellow, or whatever. I'm probably talking a load of balls cus i've never actually tried it though. Lol.

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