Color Theory In Minecraft: All Lessons (Correction in description)
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CORRECTION: Adding white makes a TINT, and adding black makes a SHADE. I have this backwards in the video.
A supercut of all the basics of Color Theory in Minecraft!
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00:28 Value
02:50 Hue and Saturation
06:44 Local Color
08:46 Contrast
12:50 Temperature
21:40 Harmony
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CORRECTION: Adding white makes a TINT, and adding black makes a SHADE. I have this backwards in the video.
One more correction, sorry. Some of the complimentary colors you showed were wrong. The compliment of Green is Magenta. The compliment of Red is Cyan. Green and Red are not complimentary colors. The color wheel that is most commonly used has an abbreviated light spectrum because it was developed in ancint times to accomodate the pigments that they had the ability to make paints out of, but it is not an accurate representation of the visual light spectrum. In the visual light spectrum, the three primary colors are red, green, and blue, which is why these are the colors available in screen pixels. Their secondary colors are Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta. In printing, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow are the primary colors, because unlike monitor screens which emit light, pigments achieve color by blocking light. In olden times however, Cyan and Magenta pigments were not easily able to be found, and since painters could not use them, they were not represented on the color wheel. Their more commonly found approximations, Blue and Red got upgraded to being called “primary” on the old color wheel alongside Yellow. And they technically were primary, since you can’t make Blue or Red unless you have Cyan and Magenta, so they weren’t able to make those colors unless they found them in nature. Anyway that’s the history of the color wheel. That’s also why you’ll notice that Green and Magenta as well as Red and Cyan look so pretty compared to highly saturated Green and Red Best of all, Minecraft does have these colors in the 16 color concrete palette.
@@maximillion322This is true, technically, but it depends on the context too! I actually discuss this in more detail in the deep dive episode coming out in the near future. Since this video just covers the basics of color theory, I used the traditional primary color group, but we will be going in to additive vs subtractive, traditional and modern primary groups, and even different color spaces and some history in the deep dive. But overall you're correct! maybe it would be better for me to present it that way right out of the gate to avoid adding to the misconception, you've given me some good food for thought, thank you
The way I remember it is that shades are like colors with a shadow on them. Made darker. Though, annoyingly, the most common thing people think of with "tint" is dark tinted glass on cars, so it's understandable to mix up.
@@TheLoosestOfGoosesalso, blue actually has the darkest value among the colored blocks, not red
@@TheLoosestOfGooses well, the reason that the old color wheel exists in the first place is due to technological limitations that we don’t have anymore, so there’s no real reason to keep using it other than for the purposes of documenting history, as it’s just plain inaccurate when it comes to how color actually works. Teaching it as basic color theory is like teaching students in low level math that there’s no such thing as negative numbers, only for them to immediately have to unlearn that in order to actually progress.
As an illustrator, I've watched hundreds if not thousands of free and paid lessons. I have dozens of color theory tutorials saved. This is legitimately one of the best color theory tutorials I've ever seen. You've taken such a complex subject and explained it in a way that is so clear and easy to understand, even for people who have no background experience in illustration. I'm seriously impressed. I hope you're proud of these lessons because you truly should be.
Aw shucks 😅 thank you so much!
The yellow-to-blue gradient section really opened my eyes.
Good! That was a big revelation for me too when I realized it
Think of it like having 2 complementary neon lights on a white wall :)
@@Wemzii0 that’s a cool way to think of it!
How the heck are you better at explaining color theory in minecraft than graphic design teachers in university? i always had trouble understanding color theory and you explain it so well!
I don't know! You only know something as well as you can teach it, so I practice explaining stuff a lot lol
I was thinking the exact same thing LoL, 2 years og graphic desing, nono, 30 minutes minecraft video, OH YEAH
i’m classically trained in cartography and i have to say… it’s crazy how many places we can apply color theory! loving your channel
Thank you!!
That yellow to blue gradient is actually what a lot of color blind people see as the color spectrum as red and green are merged to yellow. The only nitpick is that the ice block has a bit too much green in it.
color theory sure is a nightmare thanks to stuff like different perceptions and optical illusions (for example, where 2 identical grays look brighter or darker based on what's around them)
There are some seriously tricky situations when dealing with color 0_0
Just as much as it is a nightmare, it allows for some pretty cool tricks like were shown in the video, so I'm also grateful for these illusions!
I'm a hobby artist and I've had trouble understanding all of this for so many years despite what other artists posted. I think the fact that you show many examples with pre-existing objects (AKA things I've already seen) helped solidify everything for me. Thank you!
Woo! I’m glad I could help!
Minecraft is actually a really neat way to explain these concepts of colour theory. In other mediums, people like to claim that there is some sort of trickery going on, but in Minecraft the vast majority of blocks don't change colour, so you can more easily demonstrate things like the way colours look very different depending on surrounding colours by relying on this fact.
It is! There’s some principals I can’t really do in Minecraft, but most of it translates really well.
If you removed the Minecraft blocks, this is a first-semester art class! This is super solid! Thanks!
second semester starts soon!
@@TheLoosestOfGooses - We look forward to it! : )
I've been procrastinating to learn about colour theory for my art, so this video sounds perfect to me. Once I am done procrastinating to watch this video
Haha get to it!!
I did some research on color theory recently and I want to dive in deeper. So this video is super helpful. Thank you Goose!
You bet! Deep dive episodes are coming soon 🫡
I think that would be: 2-4-1-3 (from warm to cool). The 2 is because it has a bit of yellow shade. And then 4 and 1. They are both grey, but the 4 is lighter, and as we used to a warm things being lighter than a darker things, 4 looks warmer than the 1. The 3 has light blue local color.
You’re correct! But remember, value doesn’t necessarily affect temperature. 4 leans towards yellow, and 1 leans towards blue
bro how is a Minecraft color theory video the way i can finally understand color theory incredible work! so glad this popped in my recommended
im an art major who literally had to take a whole class about color theory and i learned more in half this video than i did that entire semester. thank you so much, i'm also studying to be a teacher and i think this would be a fun way to help teach my future students about color theory :)
Hell yeah! I’m glad I could communicate the principles so effectively :) I would be honored if you used this to help teach
this helped me a lot to understand the meaning of "relative" in a colour theory sense, thank you so much! :D
Im so glad I could help!
This is really entertaining and super informative!! The demonstrations given made me thoroughly engaged; 27 minutes felt like 12 minutes. Definitely something I will be using as reference multiple times. I can't believe this stuff is available for free!! Awesome job 👍
Free? You should be getting a bill in the mail soon, I charge by the minute, and even though it felt like 12, you’ll be charged for 27! lol thank you though!
Wow this is a great video. I've always had an intuitive sense for color theory within Minecraft, but putting it so concisely like this is such a valuable resource!
Absolutely incredible video! Color theory is something I always struggle with and these combined lessons are extremely helpful
This is genuinely one of the most helpful and wonderful videos I’ve ever seen, you’ve done an excellent job explaining these things to me and now I understand color theory a lot better and have lots of awesome ideas of how to apply these, and I noticed some themes for example I tend to like to use triad color pallets :D
Ayyy that’s awesome! Thank you for taking the time to check it out
I've been building for so many years now, but still, this video was SO educational and helpful. It's always great to learn something new and the almost 30 minutes felt like 3. Great job, you're amazing.
Thank you so much! YOURE amazing
This video deserves all the views, good job and your color theory is spot on!
16:22 2 and 4 are warmer but 2 is the warmest. 1 and three are cool, but 1 is the coolest
This was genuinely cool! As someone who is attempting to get better at pixel art, this will be very useful!
Honestly, great series, it's being really useful!!
I've genuinely sometimes wondered what contrast was, because it's everywhere, to my settings, and the other things in this video were useful too. I'm not an artist, nor a minecraft builder, YET.
YET!
thank you so much man, this is an incredible resource! You're an excellent teacher, and I can't wait to put this to use :)
Thank you!!
Really neat video, I knew a bit of color theory but seeing it on the game was nice to put into perspective
Glad you liked it!
this is amazing thank you for this work of art
Thank you so much for this video! It's great to hear color theory in context of the art medium.
Thank YOU for watching it!
Wow! so comprehensive! Excellent way of explaining the subject!
Thank you!
What a strange thing to see in my recommendations! Very enjoyable regardless, you explained everything in a very easy to understand manner, this'll be really helpful for my own projects!
I’m glad it found you!
I went to design school and I haven't played Minecraft in years but I saw this in my recommended and I think this is such a well presented, educational yet fun idea for a video series. I'm definitely subscribing to see more.
Thank you very much!
This is amazing, you deserve to blow up, actually learned so much thank you!!!
Thank you!
Super good explanation of everything in such a short amount of time! :)
Thank you!
Dude earned himself a subscriber had me entertained informative and really felt like I was with bob ross for a second there, thanks for the video.
Im so glad! wait till we get to the deep dive episodes, they get wild haha
well be there 🤝 @@TheLoosestOfGooses
really cool vid! I dont play mc much but this will def help with art! 16:13 gonna go with 2, 4, 3, 1
I hoped it would be useful to anyone, even if they dont play, so thats awesome to hear. Almost! 3 is cooler than 1, so its 2413
@@TheLoosestOfGoosesyes , I guessed the correct order
very enjoyable video! You deserve many more subs, and recognition. Great quality stuff!
thank you so much!
This is awesome! Thank you for making this :)
Thank YOU for watching it!
Awesome video These concepts in Minecraft is sick to see
Thank you!
The two types of compliment are actually spelled differently! The one that means saying something nice is "compliment" with an I in the middle, while the one that relates to colour theory is "complement" with an E in the middle ^^
Someone pointed this out already haha thank you though!
Thank you for this. I was trying to figure out what was wrong with the color in my house and i realized that the door frames for one of my rooms had a really harsh value against everything else and i fixed it and it looks great now
Yay! I’m glad it worked for ya haha
you are really a great teacher actually, giving example and giving clean point
Thank you!
This is incredibly insightful! You are a good teacher and I will absolutely be using your methods!
hey thank you! cant wait to see what you make
Unreal video
It’s REAL!
I really enjoyed this, as someone looking to level up the build game with more adventurous colours :D
glad it could help out!
Very informative. You’ve earned a subscriber.
Thank you :D
This helped me understand color in general, thanks!
thank YOU
I thought surely you had 1 million subs. This was an awesome video, keep at it dude, you’re about to blow up on here
Ayy thank you! I can only dream lol
Why did this teach me more about color theory than those like 1 hour videos
Thanks! :)
If I concentrate really and give myself a smidge of eye strain, I can take the temperatures of the shadows that you talked about. 20:38
This is absolutely great! its educational in both minecraft building and color in general! I learned so much about both with this and I love the fact that you gave some homework which i would normally hate with a passion but in this case it's surprisingly fun to try it out and even have the option to post my results on your discord! idk man this is actually really fun to watch and might actually help me become a better builder. If you have plans to make more videos similar to this then sign me up to be a full time student!
Second semester starts soon! Im so glad that you found something that made it fun to learn :D
Good stuff man
Thank you :D
This was very helpful, thank you. I learned a lot.
Thanks for checking it out!
Why is a guy talking about colors in Minecraft so damn interesting?
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I'm not gonna lie, I thought you were a larger youtuber. New Sub!
After today I might get there! Yall are amazing, thank you
@@TheLoosestOfGooses I forgot to say that the information was really helpful!
I like this, just another artist sharing tips :)
Glad you liked it!
what a cool video (pun not intended) i love color theory and i love minecraft so this is the perfect channel for me
Ay thank you!
this was so enjoyable for some reason
Soothed by the voice of a goose
i’m using talk to text so I hope this comes out well, but I think it’s important to mention the differences and spelling in the words, complimentary and complementary. To compliment something for being pretty well with it,uses the eye and to be contrasting from something this is the E.
Oh thank you! Speling is not my forte lol
@@TheLoosestOfGooses lol i just think it might help people understand the difference if they’ve never heard “complement” especially for color before
Very interesting video! Another cool YTber found!
Thank you!
Incredible stuff dude!
Thank you kindly!
thank you
youre welcome!
3:27 Actually, they _might_ have the same hue, although you'd never know with the nearly-zero-saturation light gray.
The light gray is a very warm gray, and full saturation would land near a muddy orange I think, but youre right, it could just be a lower saturation of the same hue!
Very useful
Awesome
Me who’s colourblind and never played minecraft: _”ahhh yes, very helpful, good to know”_
haha well thanks for checking it out !
This video is incredible why doesn’t it have more views…..
It’s getting there! This is way more views than I ever expected lol
I think there might be a slight error with your lighting section; i think the froglamps have a warm, cool, and neutral lighting option. I could also just be seeing things and it may just be the color of the lamps themselves throwing me off.
Dude i fucking love the internet, thank you for this master clean video lesson god bless yall
Ayy you’re welcome!
This looks awesome! Any chance you could add chapters to the description, to help navigate throughout the video?
Thats a great idea, Ill do that!
@@TheLoosestOfGooses Thanks! This is going to be a video I come back to as I learn to make nicer looking builds :)
at around 20:30 when you show the coloring of base mineraft's shadows, I SWEAR I could see some lime green before the yellow tint (what I mean is the part of the shadow that is closest to each lantern.) I am unsure whether or not I am colorblind.
I know what you're talking about, it could be a few things. Everyone's monitor is different, and color and lighting are going to show up differently. I also think as the light fades and theres a cool, white, background, it kind of appears green. It might also have a little green in it haha
very high quality video for such a small channel
hey thanks!
Good introduction to color theory. Just one quibbling correction, however: The two meanings you gave for "complimentary" are actually spelled with an "e", that is, "complementary", and they come from a Latin root having to do with completion. The spelling with an "i" also comes from that root, but no longer has a closely related meaning: Its modern meaning only relates to certain social graces.
Yeah someone pointed that out when I first posted it :/ I take psychic damage from it every 12 hours
2 things (as an artist I’m kind of booty at Minecraft lol 💀): -relativity is so lame hard to grasp eyes are so weird man -Why does reflective light occur?/how does it work?
Every surface is reflective to some degree. That’s why we can see things, because light reflects off of it and bounces into our eyes. That same light bounces around and hits other things around it too. Because shadows have less light (cause they’re shadows) they are illuminated by reflective light pretty easily. Next time the sun is coming through a window, take a piece of colored paper and put it in the light. You should be able to see the colored light reflect all around.
I can't believe I'm high af and learning about color theory from a minecraft video
It’s a crazy world we live in 🤙
thank you sir goosington
You are most welcome my wavy friend
When you do a more indepth guide can you please explain saturation, tint, shade and tone better using the same base hue. Like using cyan concrete as hue for both shade/tint and saturation/tone. Its very difficult for me to understand when they use different hues for explaining these terms. If you know what i mean.
I think I understand, but I’m not 100%. Do you mean it would help you understand if I did the entire lesson based around one color, instead of jumping around different colors?
@@TheLoosestOfGooses more so with the terms with saturation tint tone and shade. When I try to study colour theory it's hard to understand what I should be learning when there's two different colours like they'll show red as saturation and then blue for shade and tint.
@@autumnmaruoh okay! i understand what you mean, Ill throw that in just for you, keep an eye out, should be up soon.
@@TheLoosestOfGooses thank you so much :)
20:05 I don't think mojang added in a core shadow, I think those are optical illusions called "mach bands". There are some example images on wikipedia
I thought that might be the case, but when i took swatches, they were actually darker! Might not be intentional, and might have something to do with the ambient occlusion, but i thought it was interesting
this video is great
youre great
i was zoning out since its late and when a section turned to black and white i was confused why it just changed colours instead... then i moved my eyes
now we just need the gneiss name OKLAB collab or something idk
I would love to collab with him!
hell yaaaa
Is there any more advanced colour theory topics besides the history and emotions of colours?
There are! They all mostly fall into these principals here, but there’s more detail to go into. Mostly when you start applying it to different mediums, like dealing with atmosphere in painting, or palette differences between small works and large scale sculpture or murals.
Oh so there's no other vocabulary for advance colour theory. Thank you. Will you go over these in your more indepth videos. I'm trying to learn everything about advanced colour theory and these basic ones are really great so far.
Temperature: 2, 4, 1, 3 at least I think
This video actually made my little brother sleep... Thanks>
lol you bet
I love you
I love you too! Probably!
2, 4, 1, 3 I think
Sometimes when you're tired of watching art tutorials talk about colour theory ya gotta watch a minecrafter talk about it instead. :]
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Bob Ross vibes out here. It's a like and sub for me!
Reincarnated as a goose
9:48 there are not two uses of complimentary, its just two homophones, complimentary and complementary. the latter is the word u want to use when you talk about complements of each other (opposite), and the former is just from compliment and i dont think is used nearly as much anyway in regards to color.
Yes! Someone pointed this out to me earlier, disappointed I didn’t realize that
@@TheLoosestOfGooses no worries! sorry i shouldve checked
@@lythd nah not a problem! Call the mistakes when you see them, it helps me out!
Found you
4:40 is it not the opposite? I thought adding white made it a tint and darkening made it a shade??? Thats why shadows are darker than the surroundings.
Correct, I misspoke in the video, I have a correction in the comments and description, and will add an annotation in the video if I can
you remind me of the rock minecraft guy
Gneiss Name?
@@TheLoosestOfGooses yes but are there other rock minecraft guys?
@@dariuscarter5758lol not that i know of
1, 2, 4, 3?
I would say 2413 because even though 3 is lighter 1 seems warmer? Dose that make sense? Lol
3142?
1 4 2 3
I got 2413