The Simple Color Lesson I Use In All My Paintings

Summary by Krater

This painting tutorial demonstrates how light interacts with color on a red sphere under warm and cool light sources. The artist explains color temperature relationships, halftones, highlights, ambient light, and ambient occlusion, concluding with a comparison between warm and cool lighting setups.

From the video

Answers: How do you paint color and light on an object?

• color temperature in painting
• lighting and shading a sphere
• warm vs cool light sources
• halftones in digital painting
• ambient occlusion and bounce light

What it concludes

• A color needs to move to a different physical location on the color wheel to change temperature.
• Warm lights create warmer lit areas and cooler shadow areas.
• Cool light sources shift base colors toward cooler hues like magenta or violet while keeping shadows relatively warmer.
• Highlight color should reflect the color temperature of the light source.
• Reducing the saturation of the base color on the table surface creates ambient light simulation.