The ‘there is no color in the shadow but the secondary light‘ things really enlightens me

@bruce-le-smith

Ай бұрын

Do not try and bend the spoon; that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth… there is no spoon. Then you'll see that it is not the spoon that bends; it is only yourself

@FaerieEnderHare

Ай бұрын

unintentional pun moment?

@RM_VFX

27 күн бұрын

This also answers the question "what color is chrome?" The answer is, "whatever it's reflecting."

This video blew my mind, I feel like I suddenly understand what I'm painting rather than just trusting a process

1:28 this whole segment helps more than all of the boring spheres we usually use as shadow reference

dang. The blue sky being secondary light source blew my mind a little bit. This was filmed really well and it greatly aided in my understanding of what you were talking about. Having you on screen as the presenter while the lights changed color and you changed environment was a really good choice even though it probably took forever to film. thanks for going the extra mile it really helps.

Perfect explanation. I was always fascinated by sky blue shadows in the snow

@David2222

15 күн бұрын

Yellow sunlight

How can a short video be so full of information and lessons? Blew my mind, many times, thank you

I had a teacher ask if the warm light makes the shadows cool then what would cool light do to shadows, I said make them warm, and the teacher laughed and said no they become even more cool. This sounded wrong but I was just a student. Years later I asked a better art teacher if they were right and he thought for a moment and said, "their answer doesn't make sense, if something is cooler than cool then than means your cool was really a warm; warmness and coolness are relative in relation to each other, your warmest color is your warm and your coolest are your cool" and I was like damn I wish you were in my class years ago

I spent 5 ears of my life in an art school, but none of classes there were nearly as interesting as yours! Thank you so much! I hope we get to see more of your color theory/painting/etc videos🥺

@MM-qm9ld

25 күн бұрын

You spent 5 years at an art school? Ouch.

@Goodhello369

17 күн бұрын

Cost an arm, a leg and 5 ears 👂 😂 😅

1:26 that is such a good transition

@christianmcnally4323

13 күн бұрын

I read this comment before hand and still wasn't ready. I was LITERALLY startled

an interior designer told me something similar once. she said that the same paint or finish would look different in a room with light coming from different cardinal directions and depending on what objects were outside the window. a big tree or a lawn would cast in a lot of green colour, and that might look cooler in a room with north facing windows during the day versus in a room with west facing windows in the evening, and then adding in multiple windows or doorways, etc. great video thanks!

This has been extremely helpful. All too often I have come across dogmatic statements from artists and art teachers, and it's turned out that their claims apply only in some situations. But because those claims are expressed as rules, all too often people end up painting what they are TOLD is there, rather than what they OBSERVE to be there. This video has certainly taught me to look at both the shadow side of faces and to consider what kind of light is creating the colour seen on the face - the colour temperature of the light source, the direction of light, bounced light, etc. Thank you for the thorough explanation of colours in shadows.

It's amazing when Jeremy turns on the secondary light source, the area where the warm and cool light meets, becomes purple-ish in color.

Sooooo helpful! I have a Studio art degree since 1974 and nobody ever explained shadows to me like this!

Great to see you you post this! I used to find it weird that people always refer to the artistic choice of warm light and cool shadow as some kind of rule, even though, as you mentioned in this video, that the coolness usually comes from the sky. Throughout my career, I realize that art directors use it less as a rule, but more to increase the appeal of an image, because color contrast usually makes an image more pleasing to the eye.

Jeremy, taking it outside is just another level! I've learned so much, having these real life examples makes things in my brain click. Thank you for doing all of that!!

Thank you, I learned a lot. I never had a problem with light, I just drew what I saw. When I was in school (1970's) we didn't talk about temperature. One day the instructor told me about reflected light. Never had a problem with it after that. Your doing the same as he did, strait out not hiding behind catch words. I like that, no mysteries just what is.

This kind of content being available for free is just amazing! You are a amazing teacher, Jeremy! Its insane how a good explanation can change the way wee see the world!

Another effect I've noticed is that your brain tends to play tricks on you a bit. This is why a blue will seem brighter if you build a gradient of darker blue around it first. Most people have probably seen the tricks with a grey square in a yellow field and a purple field, and they look different. I think the brightness of the sunlight does something like that with the shadows, too. It shifts their apparent hue a little bit. The brain likes to enhance contrast. And I don't just mean brightness, but also in hue. I'd not be surprised if it were artificially making the shadow shift towards the opposite color of the lightsource, or at least, make you think it is.

@MM-qm9ld

25 күн бұрын

That's because color is relative, in regards to how you perceive it. That doesn't mean color or light "tricks" you, YOU trick you, by not grasping the difference between color relativity in regards to perception and actual objective factors affecting color which allow you to perceive it in such a way. It's not some kind of mysticism that makes a gray appear more blue or a blue that would otherwise seem desaturated appear more saturated, bc our impression of color exists relative to other colors in our field of view. That doesnt mean the colors themselves are somehow arbitrarily arranged. This is all provable and explainable, as in the video here whereas you're just positing this kind of wonky mysticism that color makes you think things so maybe it just happens well cuz. Yeah, no. You've made no effort to even explain or demonstrate a point, rather you're just obfuscating the actual insights from this video. Your comment is baseless nonsense.

@Ttown151

2 сағат бұрын

Calm down honey

@Ttown151

2 сағат бұрын

@@MM-qm9ldcalm down

Hi Jeremy, I wanted to take a minute to thank you for sharing this. This "myth" of "warm light/cool shadows" and vice versa is something very widespread, and "most of the time" true and "mind blowing", when examples are on a wide open area. What people don't know is that the reason for that being true in such examples, is the direct light of the sun and the reflected light of the sky, as you explain here in a perfectly clear way. Once again, thank you very much for clarifying this!

I always love ultramarine-blue shadows in the snow in winter. Especially next to the orange of a sunset. No illusions about where the color of the shadows comes from on such days

Doesn't "local color" plays its part as well? Human skin can reflect virtually any color, but, let us say, synthetic vivid blue jacket can not (or can it?). So what if an object can barely reflect whatever secondary color there is?

@Foervraengd

Ай бұрын

Reflected light is more or less just a suuuuuper diffused reflection, human skin has sweat and oils and translucency which adds to the effect. So if this synthetic super blue jacket has a glossy finish it would probably show more of a tinted reflection, but best solution is to just get hold of this material and see for yourself IRL.

@LightingMentor

Ай бұрын

Yes, local color and material play a HUGE part in this too! Just more things to learn about light and color. It's all so amazing to study in my opinion

Thank you for addressing and explaining this so thoroughly. I have had this conversation/argument for years, how the rule of thumb ‘warm light equals cool shadows’ is simply not true. This video is SAVED for future reference. 👍🏻😎

As an artist, I only use "warm light; cool shadows" as a shorthand for color relativity and a beginning point for teaching color and light theory. Learning more about how color IS light, and the scientific ways that light changes as it interacts with objects and environments (like the reddish edge that appears right before the terminator angle, called "Diffraction") helps to introduce more complexity and understanding. Love your breakdown of the subject!

Very helpful, I like the evidence presented to help see the reality. One other thing I noticed that has a big impact on the "shadow" colour, is the colour of the object itself. For instance, a reddish coloured cliff will of course look red on the sunny areas, but there will also be red in the shadow areas, although it may be a bit bluer red or perhaps warmer depending on the reflected light.

This short film is really cool and useful, but one slight drawback is that if human faces are used as examples, the semi-transparency of the skin can reveal the color of blood vessels underneath, creating an illusion of warm and cool variations under a single light source. I think it would be better to use opaque materials for the examples, such as a plaster sphere.

When you learn to paint the painting masters will often give you this kind of advice "warm light cool shadows" because the pigment works in subtractive way, the light works exactly in the opposite way: light is additive. So no saturation in shadows. In traditional painting you can get those greys and desaturated black shadow using the subtractive color theory and mixing complementaries... maybe it's this the origin of that false myth "warm light cool shadows "... who knows 😅

@stefanorand

Ай бұрын

Exactly this! You can darken a green with a warm red or a cool red and get very different outcomes depending on what grey you’re going for, and that goes for all the complimentary colors! This is how you shadow! Being aware of the color of the light source helps you understand what temperature you should push the color towards.(warm or cool)

As an art student from an eighties art school, the tutors wouldn't even help you with color mixing, because in their words; if you can't do it intuitively, you are not talented! Thank you so much for this. 😍

your teaching is so good and well done! thank you so much for making this a public video for all people around the globe! :)

I love your channel, I love lighting and I learn so much from your videos. Great work!

Thank you for what you do. You’re really helping me be more intentional with my color and lighting choices!

Another genuinely insightful and helpful lesson! Thank you!!!

please never stop spreading your knowledge. an amazing teacher.

I genuinely love how you explain things, there's a reason I always refer people here lol

This is a very precious, enlightening video. Thanks so much!

Color concept has been the bane of existence for me. Your channel has helped extremely in trying to understand that complexity. Thank you for all you do to help.

Tremendous job of explaining light and bounce light in the shadows. Thankyou. Your videos are very helpful.

what a gorgeous and so well made video. I'm in awe. Thank you so much for spreading your invaluable knowledge!

You are always such a good teacher. You break down complex subjects so well in a way that they make sense. Thank you!!!

Best description and examples that support what u are saying! Thank you bc I have looked for these answers and was tired of all these supposed rules which I found to be wrong but I am very new to art . Thank you

Thanks you so much for making this excellent video! It's really enlightening!

you are a godsend sir. I've gone through so many diff tutorials and courses, but your one video helped clear up so much about "shadow" color and temperature in general!!

Love your channel learning so much! Thank you! 🙏🏻

I always learn so much from your videos. You are a great teacher

i love you so much. i love how passionate you are when explaining this stuff. ❣

Thanks!!! You are very good at explaining things, and transform complicated stuff into easy to understand.

I'm so glad to be alive to see this video! Thank you for making it, brilliant and very helpful!

Really awesome to see so many practical examples in nature, I still got so much to learn. Such a helpful demonstration!

Thank you so much for your wisdom. Your videos about color are very helpful!

Excellent tutorial. As a nature and wildlife photographer, I often wrestle with adjusting White Balance when capturing images of birds and monkeys in dense Forrest cover because of this bounce light and subsurface scattering. Thank you.

One of the best explanations i've seen ever about this subject matter. Really enlightening😁

Love it! Very simple practical explanation. Thank you!❤

Great video as always. Learning 3D Rendering/Lighting taught me a ton regarding light and shadows for painting.

@hichamville

Ай бұрын

I did the opposite.. I learned a lot about colors .. light n shadow from painting to improve my 3D renderings 😊

Thank you for this well produced video Mentor Jeremy! You always deliver amazing content that blows my mind every time. You make color theory such a fun and not so overwhelming topic for us.

Excellent tutorial!!! Covered so much as efficiently as possible. I want to know what lighting system you’re using!?!? Incredible demonstrations 👏

what an amazing demonstration! light is such a wonderful subject to study

Thank you for your knowledge. You encouraged many people and enlightened new way of learning process every time. I hope every of your videos are hit more than million views. Please keep going and stay healthy, stay hydrated, our mentor!

This is the best video on lighting I've found and sadly you're only the 2nd artist I've seen on YT who properly explains this. Your real life examples were extremely helpful! It was cool to see how much the light bounced from your hand when it was by your face (when you had the warm & blue light) and you immediately see a patch of warm light in the blue. Thank you for making such a great video with such wonderful examples!

the moment around 1:28 where you step forward and how it lined up roughly with the end of the previous segment in the most awesome way, that was magic, movie magic!

Absolutely amazing teaching. This finally made it click. Thank you soooooo much!

Thank you so much for these videos, they're extremely insightful.

What "warm light cool shadows" or vice versa does do, is provide additional contrast, which is a solid artistic choice

Jeremy, these observations are so accurate and inspiring, I learned a lot, and you are a great teacher, thank you. I will watch all your other videos for sure.

So much wisdom...I still remember your dvd's glad to have you around sr ❤❤❤

you always say things that really change our view entirely I never thought of it that way till now, thank you so much Jeremy 🙏❤

Great content, very well presented. The excellent demos also helped me realise that secondary lighting is critical to the mood of a piece.

I am just lucky to have run into your channel. You are one of the few best ones who enlighten me in light subject. And I highly appreciate your giving back what you have learned in those so many years of experience in the field , back into those who need your experience and valuable information into the world , I just simply say " Thank You ",, You touch onto lives somewhere on this earth planet,

Love your video! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

thank you for making these videos its so helpfull having practical examples like this

Fantastic presentation aids in the video, really drove the point home so easily.

Excellent, live-example way to demonstrate the concept!

It's so very kind of you to share your knowledge on this subject! I truly appreciate it very much! Thank you!!! Greetings from someone who always wants to learn🔦..... (I'm from The Netherlands) 🎨

This was fascinating. And the explanation of real examples was highly instructive. Thank you very much for this excellent tutorial.

Amazing video! We thanks you for sharing your knowledge with us🙏🏼

Very useful, thank you for posting, Jeremy. You explain very well and thus is a very practical video for artists.

excellent demonstrations, great stuff Jeremy 👏

This is the channel I've been looking for. Thank you.

You do such a great job Jeremy. Enjoyed you for years. Thank you

I LOVE ur channel. My art has improved exponentially. TY! ❤

Awesome explanation! Very nicely illustrated with your lighting set up. Thanks -

Fantastic explanation! Thank you so much for all that you do!

Thank you very much! You've done a great research and presentation! Greate job!

Absolutely brilliantly done! Thank you🙏🏽❤️ Really clear, accurate information that just brought so much to my understanding. Really appreciate your approaches. Keep up the great work, brother✊🏽💥🎉

This video is a pure miracle. Thank you so much!

This was helpful! Really useful information

Great tutorial Jeremy. Thank you.

Fantastic explanation. Love the shadows are black until a light source effects those shadows introducing color. Great video.

I think deep down I knew this but not actively enough to understand its implications. Tysm!

Loved the demonstration. Was fun to watch you point at your face and have your hand reflect light back onto the shadow side of your face! Even before you brought in the reflectors.

Incredibly helpful video. Thank you for sharing the knowledge

This video is brilliant oh my god, I really appreciate the way you demonstrate the things you talk about

Legendary channel

incredibly helpful! thanks so much for this video!

Thank you so much for your efforts in making and sharing this. Your profundity on the subject shines through your words (pun intended).

Thanks Jeremy ☺️ so helpful! No one else has explained this as well as you do..!

Very didactic and easy to understand! Thank you very much!

very nice and informative video as always, love your content

really amazing tutorial sir. thanks for sharing your knowledge

Another great video. I think it is also worth mentioning that artists can exaggerate eg the temperature of the shadows in order to make the light more intense.

jeremy I've learned so much from you, you are the best art teacher!!

Thanks for your commitment in this video and for this very useful informations 😊🙏🏻 really great work