Colour Theory for Mini Painters: Colour Wheels

OK, it's time to get back to basics, friends. Let's really take a look at colour theory for mini painters and get to grips with the core of all the theory stuff, the colour wheel. Or make that colour wheels...

Music: "Valentine" by Wintergatan

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[GRGMiniatures]

So I realised that when I said 'I was recently asked to do 5 Ents for the Middle Earth war game by GW', it might sound like GW asked me to do the Ents. Alas, that is super duper not the case. Of course, if GW are watching and they do want me to paint something...well, ya know, I could probably do that :P

[nickharling]

This is one of the best damn hobby channels out there. No faff, just pure learning brilliance. Thanks for all the great content.

[packe]

I don't know what's going on, but I need more of it.

[mauvrion_fries]

Had to go back and watch the painting again, I realized by the end I was too distracted by the theory and didn't see how you got those great colors. More color theory please!

[paintertovey]

More please! And more on gamuts! The limited palettes turned out great and made for an interesting series.

[corseeis]

I'd love some more videos of colors theory

[Nick_Kliagonis]

please make a video with deeper analysis in color theory

[TheAlmightyfoon]

Hands down one of the best mini channels I've found for stuff like this. You and Marco from NJM have really upped my mini game.

[triisgaard]

Yes, start talking about that. Been trying to wrap my head around why Purple and Yellow aren't complementary.

[GeertVanLaethem]

Great introduction. I hope you made all the next parts.

[Zambies]

I love the kitbashing on these! color theory is a fun deep rabbit hole to dive into.

[jjcouch]

I’d love to hear more about colour theory! But my adhd caused me to watch you paint instead of listening lmao! So I watched it twice! :)

[GoobertownHobbies]

I love this! This is the first video I've seen from you (based on a recommendation) and now I'm gonna be checking out your library! This kind of stuff is fascinating to me. It's fun to think about how cone receptors fit into this, as well as the absorption spectra of various pigments... and most fun of all, why do we perceive red right next to violet! :-)

[Leofilmperson]

It just so happens that r, g, and y represent the main frequencies exciting the cone cells on the human retina, which is why that particular colour wheel works so well as a composition tool. It's neither outdated nor less scientific, it just focusses on the reality of the human eye rather than raw physics.

[Ryan-zpye]

I would really like to see more into this. I liked how the video did not try to bury me in information at the same time brought a new and old topic to think about. I would really like to learn more about the color wheel and how to use it short bits at a time.

[mattcooper]

I find this kind of pure theory video interesting

[SweenyMarc]

Great stuff as always. These are the sort of videos I feel make me a better painter - or at least make me understand how to become one anyway! Your understanding underpainting series was what got me hooked on the channel so I'm all for more deep dive theory vids but sometimes just seeing boring grey minis get a good paint job is enough so don't feel you have to always go high concept.
If you are looking for ideas though, some large terrain painting would be something I'd be interested in. How to get striking lighting and environmental effects when you're painting with broader strokes. (Figuratively and literally!)

[mattpeterson]

Fantastic work as ever! You do a great job of articulating concepts that I generally only grasp on an intuitive level

[Gumlass]

I really enjoy these theory heavy videos!

[papaours]

This video was amazing. I did know little about the colour theory, thank you for all of this information.