2D Game Art
Color Shortcuts
Relying on colors from other games to show safety, danger, magic, and so on can jumpstart you and isn't "cheating." Coins are famously golden yellow from Nintendo's Super Mario and
What is this Course About?
Making games look amazing! Or terrifying, or peaceful, or godlike or what you thought the future would look like when you were six. In this course, you'll be learning about
Colors to Argue Over
Preferences for colors are not only about clarity and usability. Color's meanings differ for each of us based on what they communicate and our own tastes. Color speaks! NOTE (more
Scheming with Color (Tools)
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Colors of the Heart (Culture)
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Warm and Cool Colors
Warm and Cool Greys One of the meanings of color is temperature. More light in an area means warmer colors, ranging from red to yellow. As light falls off, though,
Prototyping with Color: Walkthrough
In the times before color generators like Paletton and Coolors.co, our 1990's ancestors drafted color schemes with markers by choosing a key (main) color, a complimentary color (across the color
Color Contexts
No color alone is good or bad, but the same color can shift if we change the colors around it. [ two images, colored differently to show focus (ideally of
Computer Colors: Red / Green / Blue
How does color appear on screens? Even though we can think about about color with hue, saturation and lightness, these aren't the numbers use to store and display colors. On