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\"Color<\/p>\n

Before choosing a complicated palette, practise making a small design readable. Colour decisions become easier when you separate light and dark, intensity and the relationship between neighbouring colours. Start on paper or in a digital drawing exercise so you can compare alternatives without changing several variables at once.<\/p>\n

Separate value, hue and saturation<\/h2>\n

Value<\/strong> describes how light or dark a colour appears. Hue<\/strong> is the colour family, such as red or blue. Saturation<\/strong> describes its intensity. Two different hues can have similar values, so changing colour alone may not make adjacent parts of a design easy to distinguish.<\/p>\n

View a copy of your drawing in greyscale to check the light-and-dark structure. If the main shape disappears, revise that structure before adding more colours. Keep the colour version too: the comparison is an exercise, not a rule that every design must look the same in both views.<\/p>\n

Limit the first palette<\/h2>\n

Draw the same small motif three times. Use a limited palette for the first version, a more muted version for the second, and a stronger contrast for the third. Keep the drawing and size unchanged. Compare which version makes the focal point easiest to find and which becomes busy.<\/p>\n

Write down your choices rather than relying on memory. A page of named swatches with brief notes is more useful for learning than a folder of attractive references with no explanation of why they work.<\/p>\n

Use references as a study tool<\/h2>\n

Choose one reference and identify its dominant colour, supporting colours and lightest and darkest areas. Describe what draws your eye first. Then create a different drawing that explores the same relationship. This builds an understanding of the choice without copying someone else’s design into your portfolio.<\/p>\n

Keep design exercises separate from pigment decisions<\/h2>\n

A screen or paper swatch is not a promise of how a finished tattoo or PMU result will look. Treat these exercises as a way to learn visual relationships. Product selection and work on skin need the relevant practical training and product guidance; do not turn a colour-wheel exercise into a pigment-mixing recipe.<\/p>\n

For PMU study, keep your design observations distinct from decisions about products or corrections. Bring those questions to your trainer with a clear description of what you are trying to understand, rather than choosing a product because its online photograph matches a reference.<\/p>\n

Build a useful study page<\/h2>\n