Making Colour Selection Seem Less Random

Going Back to Pre-Digital Limitations is the Secret to Using Colour More Confidently in Our Art

In addition to my book about the creative process, I am also working out my next Skillshare class: this one will be about colour.

I’ve been thinking about a colour class for years now; until now, nothing had materialized. I kept hitting the same wall—the fact that I don’t really have a sophisticated approach to colour in my own work. I simply know what I like, and have slowly worked out which handful of colours I tend to use most often over time. That’s it. One day, I realized there were six or so colours that I liked most, and I decided that I was just going to stick to those from now on, unless the creative direction asked for something different. That’s just what I’ve done, and it’s worked for me.

What makes my classes interesting and approachable is how they buck traditional wisdom on creativity.

So with that as my background in using colour, what can I really deliver in a class on the subject? Is it how to identify which colours you use most, and then an exhortation to use those colours alone forever more? That doesn’t seem like much of a class to me.