There is a debate, sometimes a heated one in fact, about
what a beginner's (or professional's for that matter) first color palette should
be: a limited palette, a semi-limited, or however many colors you can afford :). I personally fall
into the semi-limited philosophy, but first let’s define quickly what these
different terms mean.
A true limited color palette is made of only five colors,
sometimes six if you are lucky: blue, red, yellow, brown, and white being the main
five with a black being the sixth. You will not always find black listed as
part of a limited palette, because you can mix your own black using the
primaries.
Pros of a limited palette: It allows for easy color harmony
throughout the work and ....
I have always thought of color as additive until I read your differentiation between additive and subtractive! Good to know!
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