Limited colour palette art

Improve your colour theory by learning how to use limited colour palettes. Read colour combinations and see famous artists colour palettes.

39K views · 2.9K likes | Nigel Sutcliffe on Instagram: "How to choose colors for a limited palette. Here is an additional reel to answer some of the questions from my last reel that went viral! I tried to keep this as simple as possible, I hope it helps other painters out there. It's hard to condense something like this into 45 seconds. Yes you can use 2 colors, or more than 3, and the shape doesn't have to be a triangle. Experiment and see what you can come up with! Have fun. For a more…

Every Sunday I’ve been sharing some thoughts about color, and today I want to touch on limited palettes. When we were in grade school we all...

Description I'm learning both color and composition with these little paintings. The limited color choices force me to think outside of the box while I start to understand how each color interacts with each other. And the composition part is pretty simple, haha. I plan to keep doing these, they're actually quite helpful! Not to mention like, really super fun.

When I first heard the term ‘limited palette’ I thought it meant that a painting had a limited number of colours in it. Actually that’s not strictly true (here comes an embarrassing confession) when I first heard the term ‘limited palette’ I thought it meant that you used a small palette—as in ‘physically’ small. I looked at my kiddie-sized plastic tray and thought “Limited palette? Yup! Nailed it!” But my joy was short lived. I soon discovered that ...

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76K views · 11K likes | Nigel Sutcliffe on Instagram: "How to test a limited palette. Sometimes before jumping into a painting it can be helpful (and fun) to do a quick palette test to see what your color options are. Everyone has a slightly different way of creating these. You could use a hexagon shape, or triangle, or start with a different number of colors. It's up to you. At the end you can see an example of how I've used these to understand my color range before starting a painting…

As promised, here are all the palettes which I used for my 1-hour color study challenge. Feel free to use them for your own practice or however you find helpful. 🌟 What did I do in that 1-hour study? Every day I limit myself for an hour to observe and play with colours to create a scene. It's a thumbnailing process. I played with complementary colours, different layer modes, different ways to show highlight and shadow and more. I did it for 12 days and here are my top 8! Which one will you…