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Interaction of Color
The New Munsell Student Color Set
We used the 3rd edition when I was in school. Teaches you about the interactions between different colors and color and light, comes with color chips to help you understand the lessons hands-on.
I would buy it new so you know you're getting all the chips and none of the lessons have been completed yet (with glued-on chips sometimes)
There's also Joseph Albers' Interaction of Color. This was recommended to me for the purpose of having a better understand of color and color interactions, though tbh I haven't started reading it yet.
Color Theory. Composition. Negative space
Master those three, in any order - but not at the same time - and you've got a decent base. Add drawing and you've got a starting point.
Color Theory
Books:
Study them, don't just read them. Study 1 chapter per day, then apply what you've leaned.
> or any exercises that might help?
YES, all those books have "exercises". Moreover, it's not about picking colors, it's about picking a palette.
Start. Start by learning and applying and exercising. yes it will be awkward, yes you'll make mistakes. You'll get better with time.
Plot twist: with time you'll develop your own "signature" palette.
Learn to paint! Or play with this or this or this until you become one with the colour wheel.
If you want to get really serious though, you need a copy of Interaction of Color by Josef Albers.
 
Edit: Okay, reading back, this sounds kind of sarcastic ... but I was being serious; this is actually how I taught myself to match my clothes.
Amazon links:
Here's a little list of best-sellers on Amazon and a few from this thread:
Joseph Albers' Interaction of Color is great: https://www.amazon.com/Interaction-Color-Anniversary-Josef-Albers/dp/0300179359
On typography:
On grids:
On colour:
On usability:
On information design:
On inspiration:
On theory:
On history:
Monographs:
I think it might be helpful to start from the beginning and learn the principles and hierarchies behind the bells and whistles of Adobe CC.
Each of these I was instructed to read cover to cover when I first began designing and here I am three years later with an extremely successful design career, large in part due to these readings.
Take the time to do it the right way, and the rest will follow naturally.
A list of some of my favorites so far..
Interactions of Color by Josef Albers
[The Elements of Typographic Style] (https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Version-Anniversary/dp/0881792128/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485894924&sr=1-3&keywords=typography+book) by Robert Bringhurst
[Don't Make Me Think] (https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability-ebook/dp/B00HJUBRPG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485895055&sr=1-1&keywords=dont+make+me+think) by Steve Krug (More of web design, but I loved the book. It can apply to all design.)
Logo Design Love by David Airey
Designing Brand Identity by Alina Wheeler
The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
These are just a few that I have really enjoyed.
PS If you use a thin blue wash adjacent to the orange of the Fox? DO consider that the yellowish patches in foreground and to left will turn greenish with blue wash (probably not good as “unintended consequence”) so consider leave the golden yellow patches-great warm contrast with cooler background colors. ( you could do practice study of similar colors in your painting with applied wash on separate paper before?)
You may be interested in color theory of “Simultaneous Contrast”https://www.liveabout.com/how-to-use-simultaneous-contrast-in-painting-4019832 and more “mind blowing” academic Josef Albers (100 years ago Bauhaus color interaction teacher/artist) changed my life as a painter! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300179359/ref=dbs_a_def_awm_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0 (or iPad app)
However, better to paint with joy without thinking, get in the out of body zone!
That's a totally valid opinion to have, art is subjective.
But let me present you with an alternative mindset to examine.
Here is a random Josef Albers painting. Blocks of color. It's a good example of a type of art that people often don't like. Josef Albers spent his whole career doing art very similar to this (not always in squares). People would say that was a waste and not really art, but his absolute dedication to colors and how they play with each other led to the publication of Interaction of Color near the end of his life. This book had an immense impact on art education, to this day. It is a book that wouldn't have been possible without a lifetime of basic paintings of chunks of color.
A lot of "modern" art is random bullshittery (Albers himself said "Art is swindle"), but there are definitely jewels to be found.
At the end of the day, the best thing about art is that it is subjective. Art is whatever you want it to be, even if that means it's an examination of bullshit, or just an appreciation of a Bob Ross painting. As long as it brings you happiness it's a good thing.
Well then it sounds like you're in a great place to do whatever the fuck you want! Congrats! My advice right off the bat, and apologies if you've heard this all before, would be to use the designs with color, 3,4, & 5 as a jumping off point and make maybe up to at least 50 more versions of each one. Play around a lot with the font size, letter spacing, and colors of the type. Test them out on some free mock ups of shirts, hoodies, etc, so you can get a general idea of how different design options will pair well with your clothes.
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Also, after reading some of the comments above, just my two cents but don't worry about trying to be original. Doesn't matter as long as you put in the work to make your best work. Just keep knocking out ideas and you got this.
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Some recommended reads:
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typewolf blog by jermiah shoaf . All font stuff this guy really knows his shit.
Interaction of color by Joseph Albers. Color Color and more Color! Good for thinking about color pairings
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Found it! It is certainly hard to come by, by way of expense! Certainly a valuable resource I am sure.
"Interaction of Color" by Josef Albers is sort of how I'm approaching this topic, visually. Through some quick Googles, you can find color studies that illustrate several visual phenomena.
Simulating Transparency, Value Contrasts (Both green squares are the same color), and Simultaneous Contrast. Illustrated here in a circular pattern.
Just from my immediate peekings through on Amazon, I learned quickly that many prominent artists assisted various governments in developing camouflage for their nations.
For instance, the Dazzle campaigns specifically focusing on concealing battleships. I'd like to read more about their theories of how they were manipulating specific colors and patterns to arrive at the final resulting pattern.
Hope this helps clarify.