Adjustment layers modify the color of layers below, which means base colors can be edited, and additional variations are created automatically. Photoshop and Affinity Designer’s adjustment layers can also be used for this purpose, and they offer more control. One of the simplest ways to do this is by stacking partially transparent objects on top of base color swatches, altering portions of the swatch to create the variations. Automatically generating color variations helps to keep colors uniform and easy to manage, while providing a large menu of possibilities. Quite a few techniques can be used to create large color palettes from a few base colors. Creating Color Palettes Using Adjustment Layers With the right techniques, large color palettes can be created, refined and refactored at will. Good intentions and confident plans can be abandoned when things get a little unwieldy.īut you can equip yourself with some tools to manage the complexity. Creating large, harmonious and uniform color palettes can be a challenge.

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