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A palette, kept small

Lesson 4 of 27 in Colour.

Colour Mixing Demo: How to create an amazing limited palette · Louise Fletcher Art

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Five colours, and one of them doing nothing.

One ink, then two, then two overprinted to make a third.

On the left a busy card crowded with colours and textures, on the right the same seated figure painted in yellow, orange and black on plain paper. — A crowded card with eleven colours, then the same figure in three inks and bare paper. Each colour left has a job, and the empty ground does the rest.

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Question 1, locked
A designer can't bear an empty background, so they add a soft gradient behind the product. What does the lesson say this does?
- It adds warmth without changing what people notice
- It steals contrast from what was meant to be seen
- It makes the palette feel smaller and more focused
- It helps the product stand out from the ground
Question 2, locked
You are choosing a brand palette from scratch. What approach does the lesson suggest?
- Choose five, so every use has its own colour
- Choose one, then add others as needs come up
- Choose eleven, then let the team vote some out
- Choose three, then find the one you can delete
Question 3, locked
A team keeps arguing about which colour a warning should be, and someone proposes adding a twelfth colour to settle it. What does the lesson predict?
- The next argument will be worse
- The argument will be settled for good
- The palette will become easier to use
- Buttons will become clearer for users

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