Complementary Colors - The Biggest Myth of All Time (Must See!)
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Thanks for checking out this video dedicated to help artists understand complementary colors. There's a huge myth out there and this video sets out to prove it wrong. By the end of the video you'll have an excellent understanding of how to control complementary colors in your next photo, painting, or even choose your outfit differently. Whether you're a beginner or professional, you gotta see this!
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Nice video. Just a couple points. First, there are subtractive color complements and there are additive complements. Generally, Red and Green pigments mix to make gray. However, in terms of the eye, Red produces a Cyan after-image. What I mean is that if mixing gray from pigments is your goal than Red and Green are your opposites/complements. If visual contrast is your goal than Red and Cyan are your opposites/complements. People oftentimes conflate the two, even designers.
A second point I'll make, because this is such a good video and worthy of a challenge, is that the bun color in the Burger King logo and ball color in the Lakers logo are nearly the same color, but the narrator describes one as "light orange" (BK's logo), and "light yellow " (Lakers logo). You can eye drop the color in both images in Photoshop to see how these colors are nearly identical. Both are orange, and neither is yellow. If this is true, then at most only one logo is using complementary colors (hint it's the BK logo).
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!
Michael, important comment, however, actually even in paint red and green do not make gray. Actually, red and cyan make grey. Red and green create a brown that ultimately has a yellow hue. ( See this video czcams.com/video/jQqxN8LpGzw/video.html) The colour wheel in this video is not accurate meaning that the attempted solution is with saturation, brightness, etc. However, there is a solution at the level of colour.
Surely cyan is always the opposite of red? Why would there be two differnt opposites
Thank you so much for making this video. I have always hated complementary colors, and was always confused and angered when people exclaimed that they always look good together. Now I understand how to actually use them.
Thanks I’m glad to hear the video helped!
this is the most inflammatory and controversial youtube title I've seen this year... kkkk
Why thank you! 😂
Hook line and sinker. Love the video :)
It all about the values and sometimes saturation.
I think you’re onto something 👀😄
Tavis Leaf Glover looking forward to the vid👍
I think is the opposite! 🤔
I thought this was very spot on concerning the use and perception of complementary colors and the use of value as a tool to achieve a painters desired affect. It would be nice to see Travis do a follow on using this knowledge for underpaintings. Good on ya Travis!
Thanks for watching and the suggestion! I paint Alla prima, but if I ever do underpaintings I’ll consider making a video.
Barnstone way to do this is to have a key colour & it’s two split complementaries. Instead of neutralizing by adding black, mix a black by combining all 3 colours - that's a perfect neutral for that combination. Then tweak the neutral towards either colour for a more muted version of that colour.
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! Barnstone definitely knew his color!
Amazing edutainment resource film! Amazing work, Tavis!
Thanks for watching, I’m glad you liked it😄
Almost had a depression until I found your channel xD. Your myth videos cured my soul
Haha that’s great to hear, thanks for the support!
I learn so much from your teaching..in so little time..clear n concise..always thought complementary colours can be hard on the eyes now i know why ...🤓
Thanks for the nice comment and watching!
I'm somehow new to design and just recently learned about complimentary colors. Thanks for your early guidance in my art journey
Happy to help!
.. the colours are complementary but not necessarily, complimentary.
@@palnagok1720 thanks. I'm now more than one year old in to the stuff and I'm surprised I actually wrote complimentary lol.
I have a color-blind friend that can't see red's and is a graphic designer like me. He is the best at pairing complimentary colors and just overall color theory probably because he can innately see values
Nice, I’m glad he’s still able to control colors! Thanks for watching!
I WATCHED THIS TUTORIAL VDO---- I HAVE TO WATCH MORE. THIS VDO IS VERY VERY ESSENTIAL FOR ME. THANK YOU TAVIS SIR.
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Good Sir, as a fellow art theorist and musician, composer I must say I needed this! Great Work
-Richard Mark Dynes
Thank you for watching, glad you liked it!
Very educative, really help me with the interpretation of colors to improve my pictures. Thanks.
Marcelo Rodriguez you’re welcome, glad to hear it helped!
I can't wait!! 👀👀👀😍. I Purple and green has been a thorn in my side in like forever!
Hope it helps!👍
I feel empowered after watching this video ! Will watch it many times till what you explain sinks in and stays.. Thank you,Travis !
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it!
I have been on a deep dive study of color theory for photographers. This video is a real eye openier. Hope you do more. Talking about color along with intensity and tones/values is the missing piece. Much more useful that the supposed truth of how different colors affect us emotionally.
Thanks for watching, I’m happy to hear it is helping your research! 👍
I don't know, I just always knew all of this instinctively. Ever since I remember, when I was a little baby graphic designer, I would always put a neutral between certain colours or work with their saturation, I just never thought they happened to be 'complimentary'.
So I'm not sure if I should be proud of myself, or disappointed with this video, as I've expected to widen my horizons today :)
Thanks though :)
Thanks for checking it out! Maybe you can be both 😉 I would recommend being proud of yourself though since it’s a more positive feeling to brighten your day✌🏼
dunning kruger
SO glad I found this channel. Thank you for breaking down these concepts so succinctly!
You’re welcome, thanks for the support!
The title is right! This is a MUST SEE video!
Thanks for watching!
Can't Wait for this!!! Thank you very much :)
You’re welcome! I never forgot your reminder, thanks for that!😄
Very well explained video about complementary colors. I now have a new pair of eyes to see paintings. Thank you!
That’s great to hear, thanks for watching!
This helped a lot, thank you!
You’re welcome!
This is excellent, Very well explained and demonstrated.
Thanks for watching!
Omg!!! Thank you so much. This video is very helpful. Please make more videos explaining painting concepts ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Sure thing! Thanks for watching!
Complementary colors are contrast more and give strong emotions, and there is split tone can be used , but analogous colors create harmonious.
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!
Complementary colors explained via the Three Stooges who could ask for more? All seriousness aside, thanks for the education on this - now to put it into practice! Stay well Tavis!
Daryl Robbins haha Three Stooges are classic! Best of luck with your practice, I know you’ll do well. Thanks for the support!
It's true that the black and white filter in photoshop messes with your original values however if you go to View > Proof Setup > Custom and change it to 'Dot gain 20%' you can view your image without color with their correct values. Then you can quickly check it by toggling with ctrl/cmd + y. Seeing correct value B&W in photoshop bugged me for years until I learnt and tested this trick. Hope it helps over relying on a phone.
That’s great, I’ll definitely try this out in Photoshop! Thanks for sharing with everyone👍
Thanks for sharing this. Really useful!
Chirag Pradhan you’re welcome, glad it will help!
so great, thank you
Thanks for watching!
Very insightful! Thanks for sharing.
Soo much knowledge 😍😍I felt enlightened
Great to hear, thanks for watching!
Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Poor Mayron has no mention here, neither does Fletcher.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you sir.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks a lot brother
You’re welcome!
Informative content. Thank you Tavis.
Thanks for watching!
Bravo 👏 fantastic job. Super point of view
Thank you for the support!
finally...color!!
Yes!👌🏽
great.
Great video, you deserve much more attention.
Aleš Krejčí thanks for the support!
Thank you Tavis - this is GREAT!
Joseph Stanski you’re welcome, thanks for the support!
...complementary are best used in advertising to capture your attention because they are jarring to the eye.
Thanks for the tip for colourblinds! I must say, I was a bit put off by the music and audio quality (sorry for the bluntness), but the content is stellar. Also, I’m intrigued on how can I apply this in photography, without using staged or heavy editing techniques.
Thanks for watching!
Just a constructive note for the educational nature of the vid: there's occasional application of personal taste to explanations, which blurs the lines between the formal and psychological traits of what you're describing (principles and elements of design, Gestalt theory, color theory) and preference which is secondary. "Beauty in the colors", "sickening", "horrible effect", "ugly colors", etc are loaded words that might mislead people into thinking there's a 'right' way to perceive or use colors/values when it's entirely specific to intent and intended audience/use.
I think this stems from the video being about color usage from a graphic design perspective - with the taste and intentions of that field on the table - though I don't think it's explicitly stated.
I love the vid though and pop culture usage!
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!
😂😂😂 Those accented voice overs are so campy! This was funny but very informative. Thanks!
Haha thanks!
I agree on the cheesy cut-always.
very helpful
Thanks for watching!
In the color theory I have read somewhere - they talked about black and white weakening and strengthening neighboring colors. They said that the white strengthens the color and black weakens them. However I have often felt like the effect is quite the opposite. Now my idea after watching your video is. Could it be that thecontrast plays the same role like in black and white photos? When we check the color wheel we can split the colors on so called "weaker/lighter" (like lets say yellow) and stronger/darker (like lets say purple) colors. Could it be that those "weaker colors" contrast more with black and that is why they appear stronger and vice versa? Just some thoughts. Thanks for the video
Thanks for watching and commenting! To answer your question, I would refer to the part of the video that talks about simultaneous contrast. The strength or weakness of a color depends on its neighboring color/value. If light yellow is surrounded by white it will be viewed as weak (less contrast) when compared to being surrounded by black.
@@IPOXstudios I read this in the book "Grammar of Painting and Engraving by Charles Blanc "When applied agains a particular color the white heightens, the black lowers it. Why? Because a red, for instance, is less luminous the redder it is, if we place white near it it becomes comparatively less light, consequently redder. On the contrary, if we place black beside the red, the latter will seem less red, for all that a color gains in light it loses the in energy."
My idea was that it also depends on Luminosity (mix of the XY color and white/black). More white the yellow cointains (being lighter-more luminou) the greater the contrast with black will be and so on. So my conclusion was that it does not depends on particular color (being strenghten or weaker by black/white) but on the contrast with that (the luminosity). If that make sense. But I can be wrong. I was interested in what you think.
@@aboutphotography yes, that makes sense as I’m reading it. Color theory seems very complicated at first...especially when written out without relatable examples, but becomes much easier with practice. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
nice video thank you....
Thanks for watching!
one day I'll see one of these with an accurate color wheel, alas today is not that day,
since it had twelve parts, red, orange, and yellow should be next to each other, so drop those in-between ones,
then add in the two missing on that scale, spring between green and teal was missing, that's where you get springs, mints, and forest-y colors, and the hue in the blue-cyan range was off, there should be one more there,
also why use dark colors for a hue wheel? that teal, and purple, should be fully saturated as cyan, and magenta, just like the warm section,
the primary colors should form perfect thirds of the wheel, additive-primaries and subtractive-primaries should be directly across from each other,
now this off set color wheel works ok for nature pieces, since the warm colors are usually bright, while the cool colors are darker, but this isn't always true,
like in water, or cold scenes, your gonna want a better range and more saturation in your cyans then what that generic wheel offers,
good video tho, very help full, just please can we use more accurate color wheels, cyan is a primary can we please give it the respect it deserves?! its very pretty, and its just a shame to see it treated as no more than blues highlight.
whelp, that was my rant/vent/pet-peave about colors,
have a nice day :)
hey tavis are you planning to shoot some pov street photography videos again? :)
Nothing planned as of yet. Maybe when the pandemic ends. We are still on lockdown in Hawaii.
SUCH AN EXCELLENT VIDEO!
Thanks for watching!
I love this content! TFS!
Glad you enjoy it!
If the definition of intensity is that it increases saturation why not call it saturation
Goal Account thanks for watching! In the video it’s defined as vibrancy/saturation with brightness. Whatever terminology helps you understand the concept is best. Saturation is similar, but not the same as intensity. You can think of it like volume on a stereo, where saturation could be a 7 and intensity could be a 10. Hope that helps.
@@IPOXstudios hey thanks, basically to make stuff look good you need contrast is hue, saturation and value, not just hue
Goal Account pretty much, but in regards to contrast it depends on the purpose. The word “contrast” can sometimes be mistaken for having “high contrast” but it has a wide range from high to low. As in the video, you’ll most likely want low contrast near edges and in the background 👍
@@IPOXstudios hey sorry for answering so late, thank you for taking time to clarify 🙂
loved watching again
Thank you!
i found this video both mind opening and hard to fully understand (colourblind here) it wasn't easy to comprehend for me but I got it more or less. it gives me hope, maybe this method will help me paint while being colourblind, at least I hope so. but it also made me feel less safe knowing that colour is so complex not even the complementary colours work well by themselves. apart of what you say in this video (which I added to my drawing playlist) do you have any other advice for me? I know it's weird to ask that but I don't really find tips for olourblind people. i can't memorize the colour of every single thing on earth. i can learn this method but there are so many colours for so many things that I'm kinda lost. so yeah, any other advice would be highly appreciated 😁
Thanks for watching, sorry to hear that you can’t see all the colors the same. I think for anyone to help you further they would have to determine the colors you can see and how you see them. Do certain color tests and guide you on how you can adjust colors to have more/less intensity, value, etc. I have mentoring available on my site if you’re interested. I could try to help further. You might also be able to test things in photoshop kind of like what was shown in the video.
ipoxstudios.com/product/one-on-one-mentoring-video-chat/
Why you can not do this an photoshop?
Thanks for watching! Which part of the video are you referring to?
awesome
Thanks!
How many other lies have I been told by the council?!
Big sub on education and entertainment !
Thank you!
Delightful 🎩♥️
Arnab Bera thank you for watching!
I use complimentary colors more to dissaturate
Thank you!!!
Anytime, thanks for watching!
Re 2:37.Green and purple( and purple is not Magenta) are not complimentary colours. This guy needs to learn his subject before he starts trying to dismantle it
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! At 3:05 you’ll find the same magenta color as 2:37. If you google magenta you’ll find its definition: “color which can vary from deep pink to saturated purple.” Although, if you’re seeing purple you might be slightly color blind and should test this so it doesn’t affect the art you make.
@@IPOXstudios Really looking forward to the next myth that doesn't exist.
Alanski DaDomdom thanks for the support!🙏🏼
Bro Im from India.I want a softcover book of Photography composition and design book and dynamic symmetry book?
I intend to take photos of daily motion of people of life (outdoors) and potraits, something along the lines of Ira Block.
Which book would you recommend?
Ive noticed that your dynamic book is priced at around $130 in India and at different rates around the world.
Is there a way that I can get a copy of your book.
Thanks ahead in time and advance,Travis.Your work is dope.✌
a b thanks for the nice comment and for showing interest in the books! If you’re wanting to shoot in the style of Ira Block, then the PC&D book is recommended. The Dynamic symmetry book is if you’re wanting to understand the geometry of dynamic symmetry and how it can promote certain design techniques.
The softcover for PC&D can be found here: www.blurb.com/b/7756651-photography-composition-design-softcover
Take care!
@@IPOXstudios @@IPOXstudios Thanks a ton,Bro.
I have many more queries about various things too.Will ask later.
You are truly a lifesaver.You probably dont realise the impact you have created through your sustainaned efforts.
I still remember your initial days and my mind my blown away by the intricacies inherent in art and photography.
I cant thank you enough.God bless you.
a b thanks I really appreciate the nice feedback on the content! Glad to hear it’s helping 😄
Isn't this all basically subjective?
I guess, since color technically doesn’t exist unless there is light😆 but it’s beneficial for artists to learn color theory. Seeing how colors work well together is like listening to music that has nice rhythm and melodies. It seems more difficult to understand though.
@@IPOXstudios Thanks for your reply. Is there objective evidence that certain color combinations "work well together"? Emotional testimonials have no value. Do opthmotologists have an opinion on the bio-optics of color?
@@Misses-Hippy You're presenting some skepticism which is great if it leads you down a path of discovery rather than impeding your progress. I was skeptical of dynamic symmetry and composition techniques, but lots of digging lead me down the right path. I wrote this article to show how skepticism can be good or bad. ipoxstudios.com/the-ego-manifesto-for-artists-quick-guide-pdf-download/
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i like the original matisse more though hm
It wouldn’t be a Matisse any other way 😄thanks for watching!
@@IPOXstudios BUT IT BREAKS THE RULES OMG, somtimes you just have to use your instinct I think
8:24 This photo is beautiful. The model isn't the cutest to me, but the composition, the elements, the colors, just woah dude
Thanks for watching and the nice comment!
Heathen lol
Train765 Z 😂🤙🏼
Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Great vid!