![]() Putting color into contextRed appears more brilliant against a black background, but duller against white. Jos Brands explains: ‘When educating make-up artists, one of the first things I teach is that you can be as creative as you like through the use of color, as long as it technically works in harmony with the other hues you choose’. In essence, all of the basic harmonies can come into play when balancing a make-up look. Red, yellow and green create a harmonious design, regardless of whether this combination fits into a technical formula for color harmony. These opposing colors create perfect contrast and maximum stability.Nature-based provides a perfect color harmony. Complementary colors are any two colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel - such as red and green, or red-purple and yellow-green. Analogous colors are any three colors that are side by side on a 12-part color wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange. There are many theories for color harmony – we’ve included a useful breakdown of some of these formulas later in the feature - but methods most commonly used are analogous, complementary and nature-based. Harmony delivers visual interest and a sense of order that is crucial to any successful make-up look. ![]() I tell them this is simply not possible without color correction and as soon as you show people they’re amazed, but it’s basic color theory.’ Peace and color harmonyHarmony can be defined as pleasing to the eye - a balance in the visual experience. Paul Merchant adds: ‘In nearly every training course I deliver, someone will ask me how to disguise dark circles under the eye. For example, red in the face can be neutralized with a green undertone.’ Colors that are different from a natural skin color are perceived as ‘unhealthy’ so we need to balance them with complementary colors. As an MUA you need to control the colors in the face. ![]() Jos Brands, head of education at Kryolan International says: ‘No matter what make-up look I’m creating, I always regulate the skin tone with RYB color theory in mind. Many color wheels show bright hues, and it’s important to remember that color theory itself isn’t specifically relevant to the strength of a pigment or vibrancy of the color. And finally, tertiary colors yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green & yellow-green - these are the colors formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color. Secondary colors green, orange and purple - the hues formed by mixing the primary colors. The RYB color wheel features 12 hues in total. Since then, scientists and artists have come up with many other wheels, but the original circle remains the most viable for MUAs. The commonly used, circular diagram of colors based on red, yellow and blue – or RYB - was developed by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666. Invention of the wheelThe color wheel, a logical sequence of colors in relation to each other, illustrates color theory. Here we explore the principals of color theory the color wheel, color harmony, context and psychology, and the colors that are not really colors. The science of color theory enables artists to not only recognize, match and correct skin tones, but also achieve eye-catching, memorable and visually successful make-up looks. Without the knowledge of it make-up artists would struggle’. It underpins the work of every artist we create make-up for and Paul Merchant, head of make-up at Kryolan UK, says, ‘Color theory is essential in make-up artistry, certainly as important as technique. Our scientists’ work with over 170 pure pigments to bring you every shade you could possibly need.Īs both scientists and creatives, we are fascinated by color theory. Colors… or your brain’s interpretation of assorted frequency light waves hitting your eyes… are our world at Kryolan.
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