Color Palettes with Images

 

These two palettes are pretty different, referring to a maple bud in spring. The top one is a little cooler and brighter, while the bottom one is warmer and more muted. But both use soft light blue from the sky and some reds from the maple tree bud. The lower one has browns taken from small twigs or the bud itself; young or new growth little branches. 

These two palettes are pretty similar, so the colors are basically interchangeable. But overall, the top palette is an example of taking delicate images and colors from nature and creating a soft yet slightly striking palette. It is a little bit more bold, with the black and brighter turquoise. The second palette probably represents the image better, overall, and is a more muted palette. 

A couple palettes taken from one of my original paintings. I wrote about this one in another post, but had different palettes. These are two different palettes, possibly a little bit  interchangeable, but the bottom one is more muted and offers more contrast. Dark brown like a walnut color, or any cool brown, would offer contrast to the top palette. That just wasn’t available within my painting.