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Read these color theory tutorials and learn how to use color effectively in your designs. Understand color psychology, how to mix color palettes, and more.
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  1. How to Use Color Look-Up Tables

    How to Use Color Look-Up Tables

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this short video tutorial, you'll learn how to use one image to define a set of colors, and then how to make other images fit into that color set.

  2. Design in 60 Seconds: RGB and CMYK Color Modes Explained

    Design in 60 Seconds: RGB and CMYK Color Modes Explained

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Ever wonder about the difference between RGB and CMYK color modes? Well if you have a minute, I can help you sort it out.

  3. New Course: Working With Color in Adobe Photoshop

    New Course: Working With Color in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Color can be powerful and evocative, but only if you know how to use it properly. In our new course, Working With Color in Adobe Photoshop, you will learn...

  4. Using Color Palettes to Create Identity in Artwork

    Using Color Palettes to Create Identity in Artwork

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Artists seek to stand out in a variety of ways. One way that you can accomplish this is by using a recognizable color palette throughout your work. In this...

  5. How to Shade Black and White Realistically in Digital Painting

    How to Shade Black and White Realistically in Digital Painting

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Colors are hard to handle, but black and white can be even harder! In this article I'll show you a couple of useful tricks to understand the nature of these...

  6. Digital Painting 101: The Pros and Cons of Painting in Grayscale

    Digital Painting 101: The Pros and Cons of Painting in Grayscale

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Many digital artists love to paint in grayscale. Though this technique has many benefits, it also has a few challenges. In today's post, we'll go over...

  7. The Secret to Realistic Painting: How to Master Value

    The Secret to Realistic Painting: How to Master Value

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Are your colors lifeless when you're painting in grayscale first? Or maybe they're garish and mismatched when you paint without grayscale? Do you wonder why...

  8. Create a Winter Scene in Adobe Photoshop: The Digital Painting

    Create a Winter Scene in Adobe Photoshop: The Digital Painting

    Tutorial • Advanced

    This tutorial is part two of a collaboration with fellow Tuts+ instructor Rowena Aitken. She first showed you how to create the line art for this festive...

  9. From Speed Paint to Detail: Paint a Bat-Cat in Adobe Photoshop

    From Speed Paint to Detail: Paint a Bat-Cat in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Can you speed paint a detailed design? In this tutorial I'll show you how to do it using only one simple brush and a bunch of useful techniques. Paint...

  10. Create Color Swatches For Your Designs From a Photograph

    Create Color Swatches For Your Designs From a Photograph

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Lost on how to pick colors for your print design projects? Discover how to use photographs as inspiration for colors and how to apply them to your designs.

  11. Comprehensive Guide to Color in Adobe Photoshop - Spot Colors

    Comprehensive Guide to Color in Adobe Photoshop - Spot Colors

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial, we are going to learn about setting up Spot Color channels in Adobe Photoshop to use special inks and varnishes for printing. Let's get...

  12. How to Color Correct and Improve White Balance in Photoshop

    How to Color Correct and Improve White Balance in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Learn how to color correct your images and achieve a natural white balance in Photoshop.

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