02-12-2011, 07:49 PM
creating a gradient from a saturated color isnt going to make any difference if you dont actually use contrast in the gradient's ramp as well.
wich again, means a better palette. wich again means a better use of colors(wich to an extent means less colors with more contrast). when people refers to a less convoluted amount of colors in a palette, you have to consider that a palette is created as whole, where colors are integrated and exist as a comunity rather than individual shades of a single tone. the purple you use to shade a red also works to shade a yellow. the whole key into reducing and creating more efficient, smaller color palettes is to be able to re-use colors from a single palette rather than having to resort to create new entities for each instance a shade is required.
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yet working on the colors alone isnt going to fix the issues with the banding, pillowshading and erratic lightsources that are part of the shading, and are all integrated into one single element.
wich again, means a better palette. wich again means a better use of colors(wich to an extent means less colors with more contrast). when people refers to a less convoluted amount of colors in a palette, you have to consider that a palette is created as whole, where colors are integrated and exist as a comunity rather than individual shades of a single tone. the purple you use to shade a red also works to shade a yellow. the whole key into reducing and creating more efficient, smaller color palettes is to be able to re-use colors from a single palette rather than having to resort to create new entities for each instance a shade is required.
yet working on the colors alone isnt going to fix the issues with the banding, pillowshading and erratic lightsources that are part of the shading, and are all integrated into one single element.