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Free Vector Illustration: Colorful Particles

This stock illustration showing a spray of color, created by Shutterstock contributor CarpathianPrince, is our free vector illustration of the week. Log in to Shutterstock and download it for free...

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Shutterstock’s Pantone Project, Swatch 1: Rose Smoke

Color Theory is complex business, but when you consider the basics, you can create some pretty astounding work. Giving thought to how various colors complement, contrast, and enhance each other...

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Color Science: How Popular Colors Make Us Feel Different Emotions

Everyone from graphic designers to marketers to small business owners must consider the message they give off. Compelling advertisements or dynamic patterns are strongest when they leave the audience...

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Shutterstock’s Pantone Project, Swatch 2: Rhapsody

It’s time for more color therapy with the second installment of Shutterstock’s Pantone Project. This week’s swatch to watch is Rhapsody. This gray-toned purple hue evokes a poetic bohemian spirit with...

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Shutterstock’s Pantone Project, Swatch 3: Ultramarine Green

Welcome to another burst of color magic with the third installment in the Shutterstock Pantone Project. This week’s swatch to watch is Ultramarine Green. In nature, Ultramarine is usually blue, due to...

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The Color of Love: An Expert on the Hidden Meaning of Color in Weddings

Your wedding is arguably the most important day of your life to get right. That unique connection shared by a couple getting married is on display for all to see, and color is one of the most powerful...

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Beyond St. Patrick: A History of Green in Global Culture

“Silhouetted Person in Green Metro Tube” by vpix This Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day, which means people observing the occasion are starting to see green. But the popular color (which comes second only to...

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Let Color Inspire Your Food Photography

Do you ever feel overwhelmed or unsure about what color background or props to use in a food shoot? Try looking at the colors on your dinner plate for inspiration. The items that we eat come in a wide...

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3 Non-Traditional Color Palettes for the Holiday Season

With the start of every holiday season, we see the arrival of traditional color combinations that have become so familiar they can border on boring. After all, there’s only so much red, white, and...

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Understanding White Balance and Color Temperature

Light, be it natural or artificial, is the key component of photography. No light means no photograph. But to grasp light more fully, you need to understand that it has a color temperature, which puts...

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The View from Above: Ondine Corewijn’s Color Coordinated Food Photography

It’s hard not to love carefully chosen color selections, particularly when it comes to food photography. When we discovered Ondine Corewijn‘s vibrant and eclectic gallery of minimal food photography,...

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How to Choose the Right Colors for Your Brand & Logo

Composition, color, and light are just a few of the factors that come into play when our brains evaluate something visual. Every detail has some influence, depending on the context, on our love of...

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Infographic: Discover the World’s Top Color Trends 2015

Color is one of the most essential parts of any photograph, video, or illustration. Color can direct a viewer’s eye to the exact point we want them to see, it can highlight a specific area, or it can...

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Adult Coloring Books: 3 Reasons to Embrace the Trend and Start Coloring

Coloring books aren’t just for kids. The simple act of coloring has been proven to have immense mental health benefits, so adults are taking a page from their childhood selves and beginning to color...

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10 Unexpected Color Palettes to Inspire Your Holiday Designs

The holidays are an excellent time to get creative, but the typical holiday color palettes can lack inspiration. When the usual red and green or blue and white colors begins to feel stale, look to...

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10 Color Palettes Inspired by the Golden Globes Red Carpet

There’s much more to award season than gilded statuettes and uncomfortably long acceptance speeches; one of the greatest thrills of the season happens before the awards are handed out, as celebrities...

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5 Strategies for Marketing with Color Trends

It may seem to come out of the blue each year, but once again Pantone’s color of the year announcement has some marketers worried they’re missing out on 2016’s big color trends. Rose Quartz and...

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Video Tutorial: How to Change Colors on Footage in Premiere Pro

Ready to see how you can get more mileage out of your footage by adjusting colors in Premiere Pro? Here’s a tutorial to get you started! Have you ever found a stock video clip that’s perfect for your...

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Let Color Inspire Your Food Photography

From fresh fruits and vegetables to exotic spices and seasonings, there's no shortage of color combinations you can create on your plate. The post Let Color Inspire Your Food Photography appeared first...

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Movie Magic: 4 Ways to Use Film Color Palettes to Transform Your Work

Create engaging color palettes with these film examples for your next photography, film, graphic design, or art project. The post Movie Magic: 4 Ways to Use Film Color Palettes to Transform Your Work...

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