I'm still up to my eyeballs with making/painting my own diorama furniture, so I have been too busy to take photos this week. However, I have this post which I hope will help my fellow diorama enthusiasts who may be struggling with colour.
Colour plays an important role when it comes to decorating a diorama and the use of a colour wheel is really beneficial to develop colour schemes with these key approaches.
Three shades, tones or tints of one base colour. This variation of a single colour creates schemes which are serene and relaxing. Light tones create a relaxed delicate feel, whereas dark tones can feel moody and dramatic. Mixing light and dark tones is easy to apply to design projects for a harmonious look.
Complementary
Contrasting
These colours can be found on the opposite sides of the colour wheel, such as lime and hot pink or blue and orange. Used together, the colours will appear brighter and more prominent.
Colours which are not in the same colour “family” or that aren’t exactly harmonious can work very well together. By using a bold or deep colour from one area of the colour spectrum and using a lighter colour from a different family, the overall impact can be quite striking, like lemon yellow and royal blue.
Aside from those above, there are other combinations, such as Triadic and Split Complimentary, but for the purpose of making dioramas, they are not really necessary. As the saying goes "less is more" and it's easy to complicate a room by introducing too many variations of colour into such a small space.
I hope this post helps those aspiring diorama builders out there in the dolly world, colour is a great inspiration to me and so much fun to experiment with and I do love having fun . . . don't you?
NOTE; PHOTOS WERE SOURCED FROM PINTEREST
