Color Theory (Study)

This is a small study on tagging color concepts in the context of artworks that make use of color theory.

I'm not an expert on any of these topics, just enjoying learning & sharing.

I've also used these as an comparative study on DoRA/LoRA training (I prefer the DoRA results).

Usage Guide:

These tags are already common Danbooru tags,

so applying some of the techniques here to other models might work for more aesthetic color compositions.

Color Harmony

Extreme unity leads to under-stimulation,

extreme complexity leads to over-stimulation.

Harmony is a dynamic equilibrium.

Analogous Colors

Analogous colors are any three colors which are side by side on a 12-part color wheel,

such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange.

Usually one of the three colors predominates.

Complementary Colors

Complementary colors are any two colors which are directly opposite each other,

such as red-green, red-purple and yellow-green.

Tagging:

For color triggers, theme/background should be interchangeable - but I gave more focus to theme tagging.

Color wheel (clockwise order):

red theme
orange theme
yellow theme
green theme
blue theme
purple theme

Saturation:

colorful
high contrast
black theme
white theme
brown theme
grey theme
cyan theme
pink theme

Lighting:

light
light beams
dappled light
dark
shadow

Complementary Colors:

yellow, purple
orange, cyan
red, green
blue, orange

Composition:

spot color
scenery
simple background
gradient background

Three Color Palette:

For a 3 color palette, can aim to apply colors to the generation by the rule of thirds for a nice balance.

For a character focus, hair, eyes, accessories can work well for a 10% element.

A {color} theme works well for the 30% element.

And a {color} background works well for the remaing 60%.

Example combination:

green background, cyan theme, red eyes

Stepping through the color gamut of available tags with an X/Y plot on Prompt/SR:

green,yellow,orange

cyan,green,yellow

red,purple,blue

Selective Coloring:

Selective coloring is a photography technique where one color is prominent in the final shot whereas all the other colors have either been changed to monochrome or had their color saturation levels lowered.

White:

spot color, white theme, white backgroun, light, light beam, dappled light

Black:

spot color, black theme, dark, shadow

License

Fair AI Public License 1.0-SD