Art Tip: Choosing Shadow Colors (Patreon)

Hi everyone. Happy Art Tip Tuesday!

Here's a tip on choosing shadow colors. Instead of just lowering the brightness, also increase the saturation and change the hue to another color. Which color you change to can depend on the background and light source, but a good rule of thumb is to change the shadow color toward blue on the color wheel. So if the object is orange, shift toward red. If it's cyan or green, move to blue. This will make your shadow colors more vibrant.

Thanks!

-CriKai