Selecting colour

No matter how effective you may be in using graphics software and no matter how masterly you are able to show the perspective and composition, it is hardly possible to create nice artworks without having the sense of colour and selecting the right colour tones. Compare:

Where do the colours mix harmoniously? That's correct - on the right.

I hear that the sense of colour is similar to having an ear for music - one either has it or not. But what should do those who have no sense of colour?

There is non-intricate but very interesting software developed specifically for such cases, it is named Colorimpact. 

The software allows you to select harmonious colour combinations in several schemes:.

Color harmony: Complement  

 

Color harmony: Split-Complement  

 

Color harmony: Triad  

 Color harmony: Square  

Color harmony: Rectangle 

 

Color harmony: Analogous  

Color harmony: Analogous and Complement 

Color harmony: Hexad 

Here are some examples of pre-made colour schemes selected by the software:.

And here is a collage, for which I selected colours using Colorimpact:.

The second option is to visit the website with ready-made colour schemes for Photoshop: 

http://kuler.adobe.com/

There you can choose from thousands of colour schemes uploaded by users, sort them by popularity, by time of posting and save them for later use. You also can create and edit schemes directly on the website in HSV, RGB, CMYK and LAB systems:

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