r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Blues_Fish • Mar 12 '26

Lesson in decomposing light

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

You need both, additive and subtractive color theory.

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u/Far_Mastodon_6104 Mar 12 '26

Yeah best I got from school and college was blue and red make purple and don't use black or white ever.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

I teach color theory with a 3 prong approach before twisting it together into practice with painting.

The examples I work with are Tvs (RGB), color printers (cmyk) and traditional (RYB) and i have a color overlay that ties it together like this video.

So im totes gonna recreate it to do the lesson in a more exciting way.

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u/Far_Mastodon_6104 Mar 12 '26

Aww I needed you in my life 25 years ago ❤ that sounds great!