Colour palette design
Writing about a colour palette is one. Designing one is a totally different story.
Because I didn’t want to do the try and error method for a diorama I had to do some research first.
I used the following approach.
I copied a “picture” from the website of Scalescenes or from another supplier to Publisher. In this case the aged brown brick from Scalescenes.
This is the easy part.
1. For the creation of my colour palette I like to use a 1950’s colour scheme. I have used the B5252 colour chart before, for the making of shop signs. So for my colour palette I wanted to use this colour chart for finding some fitting colours. This did take some time.
I also looked at the website of Citadel paints which colours I could use in combination of this brick sheet.
When you use Publisher for this it is possible to layer the different elements. In this way I could see which colour fitted best.
In this way I created a “reference sheet”. I have made already several as pdf.
2. The next step was selecting all the colours from the sheets I wanted to use for my diorama. After my first selection a decided to look for some other textures that would make my colour palette more balanced.
Here is the colour scheme that I will use creating my next diorama.
The main problem is that the colours on my computer are totally different from a printed version of the aged brown brick on canvas photo paper. As I said in the reply of my last entry one of the things I have noticed is that every type of professional photo paper gives his own colour. So I think I will be surprised in some cases. But the colour scheme is a good reference and with the use of pastels and pigments I can bring the colours more together.
Next step is to create a black and white version of my new diorama. It will be called Back of Nice Street. Nice Street was one of my former diorama’s with a row of shops.
At the other side of the street is a row of cottages. I will build some back yards of this cottages as part of my new diorama.
Any suggestion or comments are welcome.
Regards,
Job
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