Color theory

been reading through some tutorials about colors. Found a cool app that explains color theory quite easy, it's called Color Wheel Pro. They got a trial version to download, and it shows how the different color schemes works. It also go a help file that explains the color schemes and also the pros and cons when using the different schemes, so this is a very helpful tool in understanding color.

Another very helpful tool is the
Color Wheel Photoshop Action that can be found at Adobe Studio Exchange. It takes the foreground color and makes a custom color wheel based on the color schemes, in other words, a palette to use in your paintings or design.

A simple color theory tutorial can be found here.

A tip about photoshop is to switch the color pallette to HSB (by default it is RGB), because this makes it easier to change between monocromatic colors, which is the easiest color scheme to use when designing something. One only change the brightness/value and/or the saturation. Another scheme close to the monocromatic is the analogous scheme, that also creates a harmonious feel. So for webdesign or the likes, then these two works great, but in painting one also need some more contrasting colors and then the triad scheme is popular. More to read about these schemes in the tutorial and the app mentioned.