Segremores asked, "When using color, what hues do you enjoy drawing with the most?"
Added 2017-10-04 23:25:08 +0000 UTCThis was an odd question to answer because I so rarely ever use color.
Color just isn't my strong suit. I'm not colorblind. In fact I've been told I can see more colors than most people. But using those colors has always been a struggle for me whereas other artists take it for granted. If you're here then you already know that I deal heavily in black-n'-white linework, and though I've been told how I color is fine, the entire process has always felt really chintzy and slap-job.
But when pressed to think about it, I think I do best when I limit myself to a simple palette. Tri-Colors.
3 seems like the magic number for me. As with any more I just make a mess, and any less I'm left without wiggle room.
Having too many colors can make a picture look ugly really quickly, and I believe the value of a color is determined by its lighting. So out the gate, I like to go for well saturated colors, with complements and split-compliments that allow them all to pop. If the mood of the picture calls for them to be dark, blown out, or desaturated then that's fine, but for the base hues, I want them each to hold the others up.
As for my favorites? I can't say I have any. Perhaps Red-Black-White, because they're bold and devilish, or greens-pinks-purples for characters like madam. But as for the rest, it's all up in the air.
