Colour Schemes

To try and get an understanding of different colour schemes I could use within my final work I decided to draw out one of my photos taken beginning of the project for my subject matter, on photoshop and layer up the colours in different tones. This is the photo I chose to focus on as I thought it also hinted at the message of child labour.

I used the paintbrush tool and began to draw the outline of the body, which would be the darkest tone within the piece so it stands out. I chose not to draw the background as I didn't want it to be more prominent than the person, which is the main focus point.

Using the paintbrush tool again I added in the darkest tones within the image.

I then continued adding in the different colour tones within the image. This addition are the highlights in the image.

This is with the addition of the mid tones.

And then adding in the top (from the image), changing it to go into the highlighted tonal area.

I then decided to include a background colour just to fill out the image, helping this idea of creating different colour schemes.

Here is a trail at a monochromatic colour scheme, with me choosing blue as the main colour, thinking that it correlated well with this idea of being alone and cold.

I then tested out a Analogous Colour scheme once again choosing cooler tones to give this impression of loneliness and coldness.

I then trailed out a complementary colour schemes, working with blue and orange tones.

I then created a triadic colour scheme of green, purple and orange.

Here I trailed it with a white background colour.