What Is Shadow Color?

While I was researching near landscape icon inwards anime style, I noticed that most adept paintings used a hue of blue/cyan/purple for shadow. At first, I idea it was but an fine art determination to purpose a to a greater extent than saturated colours inwards painting. But equally I pass to a greater extent than fourth dimension observing shadow colors inwards existent life, I realized in that place are colours inwards shadow too.

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But why nosotros ever idea shadow are dark or gray? I assume this is because nosotros tend to pass to a greater extent than fourth dimension indoor nowaday where the shadow didnt have plenty heaven low-cal (ambient). Beside that, cloudy/haze/fog twenty-four hours which block of most of the heaven low-cal also crusade greyish color soft shadow.

Sky Colour

Black shadow commonly lit yesteryear the heaven ambient color which is blue. Look at photos I took below to run across the unlike shades of blue.


In a clear bluish heaven outdoor environment, shadow are commonly blue. #42556E


In a bluish evening, tree shadow which shape yesteryear street low-cal is all the same blue. #222644


6PM, bring out how the darkest shadow on the left all the same convey slightly to a greater extent than bluish inwards them. So, purpose darker bluish instead of dark inwards painting. #3F4857 #0E0F3


11AM, the fog glow/glare from the flooring on the left bleed into the shadow resulting a brighter shadow colour. #304660

Object Colour

Shadow color are comport on yesteryear the object's surface (material) color too.


Look at the to a higher house photo. The shadow on the path at left convey to a greater extent than warm colours inwards them, spell the shadow on the route convey to a greater extent than blue. This is because of the object surface colour.


10AM, expect at the shadow of the leaves behind, they are all the same mainly green. #577B92


11AM, the grass shadow color are grass midtone color multiply amongst shadow colour. #3B4B65

Painting Anime Shadow

One quick agency to pigment shadow is to seperate the shadow into unlike layer in addition to purpose "multiply" blend mode. By using this method, nosotros dont convey to worry near what is the shadow color.

Artwork

Some of my artwork which characteristic low-cal in addition to shadow.

Animated

If nosotros seperate the shadow inwards unlike layer. We tin flame animate them easily too.

Reference

Deviantart Light in addition to Shadow
Deviantart Doge
Deviantart Tree Shadow
Vimeo Tree Shadow
Youtube Tree Shadow

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