How to Make Color Palettes Tutorial

Color palettes are the main patterns of colors in an art project. You can use color palettes to help you choose specific colors in whatever art project you're doing or just to provide inspiration. For example, color palettes can be used for designing clothes, interior design, website design or craft items. This tutorial shows you how to make color palettes offline. I included photos of some color palettes I made for a fashion class I took.

Tools: 
- Photograph that you like the colors of
- Color swatches
- Paper
- Scissors
- Glue

Color palettes are pretty easy to make. To make a color palette offline, you'll first need to find your color inspiration. Find a photograph (or a couple) that you like the colors of. Magazines are a good place to look. Try to find an inspiring and unique photo. Once you find a photo you like, glue it down to a sheet of paper a little larger than the photo (or you can just work directly on the photo you find like I did in these color palette examples).

You'll need to have color swatches. You can get color swatches from a hardware store or anywhere that sells paint.

Look on the photograph and try to find the main colors in the photo, matching them with the most similar color swatch color you have. Usually, I start with the lightest color on the photo and go to the darkest. Don't try to get every color in the photo. Just try to find the main theme of colors. Choose about 4-6 colors. Once you find these colors, glue them next to the main photo. I like to arrange the colors from lightest to darkest.

Now you have a color palette. You can make as many as you like. Once you have the color palettes, you can use them as color inspiration for art projects.

Let me know if you find this tutorial helpful. Have you ever used a color palette? Next week, I'll show how to make color palettes on the computer.