The amount of colors in the game

nowayride 31 [ 3:54 am Sat Aug 25th, 2012 ]

I've heard comments that there should be more colors, but honestly I think we have plenty to work with. 5 point gradient on browns, 4 point on red-yellows. White-cyan-blue works great for water and sky. Dark grey can even pass for dark green if juxtaposed against the two greens. Here's an image with some examples.

http://i.imgur.com/hwsGM.png

The beauty in this game is how simple the tools are vs how elegant of pictures that come out. Between creative color choice and erasing to shape non-circle brush strokes, there's a lot of room for creativity.

Thoughts? Examples of good panels?

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DonnaAnna 51 [ 4:46 am Sat Aug 25th, 2012 ]

I'm very fond of the current colours. You always know what works as shade and highlight with these, so no time is wasted on wondering about how to shade ^^ Also the secret of why most of drawings are in colour :D

Ackter 66 [ 6:38 am Sat Aug 25th, 2012 ]

Yup I agree, the current colours are perfect.

AdvancePlays 37 [ 7:23 am Sat Aug 25th, 2012 ]

I agree, if any more colours were added it would overcomplicate things and might intimidate newer players. Though, I really don't think grey could look like green. It fits perfectly, but you can still tell it's grey :P

DonnaAnna 51 [ 8:03 am Sat Aug 25th, 2012 ]

AdvancePlays, I think it could be a matter of screen settings. A lot of laptops come with default settings that make everything look a bit blue. I wouldn't put it past someone's screen giving neutral greys a slight green hue - not that I know if this is the case here. ^^ Anyway, it's not bad for shading when a darker green is not available. :)

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