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Using the color wheel

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stevet1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,300
Using the color wheel
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I ran across an interesting article, and thought I would pass it along.

If this is all old hat, please just ignore.

Try to use two colors that are complementary, or opposite each other on the color wheel.

Colors That Pop by David Peterson

https://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/6392/colors-that-pop/

"“Colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel are complementary colors. When you place a pair of complementary colors together into a single image, you get colors that "pop."

“You can also add color with your white balance setting—this is a commonly used technique when shooting sunsets, which sometimes don’t look as vibrant in camera as they did in real life. To make those sunset colors pop, try changing your white balance setting to “cloudy.” On a cloudy day, there is naturally more blue in the light, so your camera will add warmer colors to compensate. And when it adds warmer colors to a sunset scene, you get oranges and reds that are much more brilliant.”

I'm going to try to keep these in mind.

I've read before that to highlight the greens and reds, use Cloudy. To highlight the blues and yellows, use Daylight.

Steve Thomas

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Dunlin Senior Member • Posts: 2,611
Re: Using the color wheel

Hola Steve,

Thanks for the tips. Much appreciated.

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