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title: colour
published: 2024-06-23T07:28:48+0100
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<p class="notice">
Colour is a very powerful visual element. Understanding it can enable more effective composition in your art.
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<details>
<summary>Hues are biased toward certain values</summary>
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<img class="md45" src="/images/colour-beach-hue.jpg">
<img class="md45" src="/images/colour-beach-monochrome.jpg">
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<p>Due to the way human eyes perceive light, [value] is dependent on [hue].</p>
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<details>
<summary>Krita tips</summary>
<p>You can preview a perceptually monochrome version of your illustration under the **softproofing** tab in the image properties.</p>
<p><img src="/images/colour-krita.webp"></p>
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<section>
- [Properties]
    - [Value]
    - [Hue]
    - [Saturation]
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<section>
## Properties

### Value
Simply how light or dark a given colour is. Value is mostly what creates contrast in a drawing.

### Hue
The pure pigment, without any tint or shading.

### Saturation
The intensity of the colour, i.e. it's difference from greyscale.
![](/images/colour-saturation.png){.md45}


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