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The Importance Of Colour Theory

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The Importance Of Colour Theory

Have you seen this piece? Andy Warhol, a famous American graphic designer, film producer, and director, made it. At a glance, we see four different strawberries, or perhaps it’s the same strawberry painted in four different colour schemes. Either way, nothing special about it, right? Not a big deal? Plain old strawberries? It will surprise you that this piece of art is worth upwards of ten thousand dollars, all the way up to a million!

 

Andy Warhol was renowned for his pictures of everyday consumerist products or famous figures using screen printing techniques. If you haven’t seen the strawberries, then you might have seen this one:


It’s Marilyn Monroe, of course! So, we know what you’re thinking. Why are these pictures so highly valued? What makes Warhol’s work so striking to look at, so highly-priced, and so coveted?

 

Warhol uses a collection of colours for each strawberry, but these are colours that go well together, and because he put together the perfect shades, we see depth in his piece. We can look beyond the strawberries to imagine how each strawberry must taste different.

 

We’ll find out more about this in the next section, where we learn colour theory, the one tip that makes a picture awe-inspiring. Without further ado, let’s dive right into the importance of colour theory along with a quick guide!

 

What is Colour Theory?

Colour theory is a set of principles that tells the artist what colours work well and what the effects of seeing some colours together are on the viewer. It’s not as simple as knowing that red and white make pink, but where to use the pink, which other colours to use it with, and how the viewer will feel when they see the pink.

 

One would think that colours are simple. Light colours make us happy, and dark colours are intense. Then why is there comprehensive literature on something so straightforward? Let us move to the next section to understand the importance of colour theory.

 

Why is Colour Theory Important?


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