Good books on color?

[emanhattan]

seriously fuck color in my artwork. its been nearly a year since ive been creating artwork that i feel could kick ass if my colors didnt suck so bad. its something I actually think a lot about. now if theres anything ive learned from drawing all this time is that its better to just learn better instructions/theory from people/books than to repeat the same mistakes for longer time. I am not self didactic. So what im looking for right now is for books that YOU feel helped you learn about color. anything you could recommend would be like water in the desert

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[rtil]

no books to recommend, but a few pieces of advice:

• never use black to tone. i have been much happier with the way my colors turn out following this rule. if you are looking for a darker color, pick it yourself, do not rely on digital software to make it darker for you or going over it with some alpha'd gray.
• layer your colors. don't be afraid to make bold color choices and see what works and what doesn't. experiment.
• exaggerate colors you would see in real life.
• WARM AND COOL LIGHT SOURCES DETERMINE WARM AND COOL TONES. i cannot stress this enough. i even drew a little something for you to demonstrate what i mean:
  
  left is warm, right is cool. all i did was pick the "cooler" version of her tones depending on the light source. i tried to show the great difference it makes and how each color scheme belongs in its environment.

hope this helps.

[emanhattan]

i really appreciate those pointers rtil and im currently applying them in the piece im working on. this time resisting the urge to use black as a tone. well see what happens!

[rtil]

i look forward to the results

[cipher]

Yeah I'm kind in the same situation (and then some)

Thanks for the tips