Costa Rican sunrise palette
I had so much fun last week making color palettes from my walk! I think I may be on a mission to continue this with my various photos from all the traveling I’ve been doing the past couple of years. I especially love this photo of the sunrise in Costa Rica from my trip in July.
Costa Rican sunrise palette
It’s funny how when you look at the photo, you see blue water. Our minds tell us what to see based on learned knowledge. This is where an artist’s eye must take over and learn to see what is actually there, not what we assume is there. In learning to really see, this is crucial and this exercise proves it. I used the eye-dropper tool (in Photoshop) set at 5×5 pixals to sample the water. I couldn’t find the color blue in the true state. The various greys leaned towards blues and purples but could not truly be called out as blue on their own.
I hope you’ll try this with your own photos, it’s a fun exercise and you will end up with some beautiful color palettes to use in your creative work.
Tonight, tune into www.reneepearson.com to join me for our live, 1 hour chat! We’re talking color!!! I’m going to be offering a class or two coming soon on Renee’s new Digital Learning Center for scrap bookers and crafters!
Hi Brenda!
oh i just love this exercise in color!