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Buzzerbee

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Matching Colors/Themes

I'm not sure if this is topic worthy, but people definitely need to work on this.

Coloring/Themes of levels.

**Also, if you need help with color selection, feel free to ask me (:**
Most people have a pretty good eye for matching colors, some people don't. And some people are too lazy to care about if the blocks match or not.

Example:

Sand blocks placed randomly in a level full of red blocks

You can most certainly have different colors in your level, for art, for pointing out something, but NOT for using as a theme or color scheme. It annoys the heck out of me, and I'm sure others too, because it isn't eye-pleasing.

If you're going with a certain color scheme, take these tips to mind:
Color Rules

Analogous: Colors with adjacent hues.

Monochromatic: One color with different scales of lightness and intensity.

Triad: Colors spaced out to equally make three parts on the color wheel; a triangle around the color wheel.

Complementary: Colors opposite from each other on the color wheel. (I've added a checkerboard of the two colors so you can see how they complement each other)

Check out Adobe Kuler to check out more good color schemes; and Click Here to create your own scheme, and look at more color rules.

I hoped this helped! So next time you make a level, please, use a good theme and a good color scheme.

Last edited by BuzzerBee (Jul 17 2011 11:08:13 pm)

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EENinja

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

Yeah some people do have no eye for matching colors...

Nice work +Rep for this

Buzzerbee

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

Thank you (:

Also, if anybody needs help with color selection, I'm here to help. *Edits first post and writes this*

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Tako

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

I have a few

Row 1: Haunted
Row 2: Aqua
Row 3: Nature
Row 4: Fire
Row 5: Sky
Row 6: Ground

Last edited by Tako (Jul 17 2011 11:32:58 pm)

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Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

LucasB

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

Nice scheme of both of you
+rep

Buzzerbee

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

Thank you ^.^

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JadElClemens

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

Excellent work! +reps to both of you!

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Buzzerbee

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

Why, thanks!

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ugotpwned

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

@buzzerbee i believe orange is the opposite of blue, so there fore they would be Complementary.

Last edited by UgotPwned (Jul 19 2011 9:04:20 pm)

Buzzerbee

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

@buzzerbee i believe orange is the opposite of blue, so there fore they would be Complementary.

Sorry, but no. Blue is the complement of yellow, and yellow is the complement of blue. The color wheel doesnt lie! (:

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ugotpwned

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

dude this is first grade, blue - orange, yellow - purple, red - green.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_color
http://www.carnrightdesign.com/color4bu … chemes.htm
http://www.writedesignonline.com/resour … color.html

Buzzerbee

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

Do you not see the color wheel that PROVES my point?

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Tako

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

Your color wheel is wrong.

Last edited by Tako (Jul 20 2011 6:22:24 pm)

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Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

Buzzerbee

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Re: Matching Colors/Themes

^Broken link

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