DaVinci Resolve for Beginners
Course 4: Creating a Look: Using Colour Theory in Your Work
By Alex Berry , Colorist
About the video: Using Colour Theory in Your Work
Overview
“In this lesson, I explain a little about colour theory and demonstrate how you can use it in your own work to make your grades more effective. ”
In this video lesson Alex Berry addresses the topic: Using Colour Theory in Your Work, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Creating a Look. Add style and emotion to your footage with LUTs and scopes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Understanding color theory helps us to make sense of the grades we see in the real world and why they work. In this lesson, we'll be making our grades look richer and deeper using color contrast. Here we go. So when we were discussing some looks before, we talked about teal and orange. And the reason teal and orange works so well is because the blue, or the teal colours, are contrast the warm colours and they make them stand out more. If these were warmer colours, then these warm areas wouldn't stand out so much. This is something which was borrowed from Impressionism. We look at example he...”
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Course summary for: Course 4: Creating a Look

Alex Berry
By Alex Berry
Alex Berry is a professional colorist from the UK. He began his audiovisual journey working as a runner for a post-production house as a teenager and began teaching himself skills like editing, VFX, cinematography, and color grading.
His work in color grading promos for a British TV station helped him gain the skills and experience necessary to co-found his own creative studio in East London in 2010. Over the last twenty years, he has collaborated on projects for brands like McLaren, Nintendo, Puma, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, Airbnb, Clarks, the NHS, FIFA, and more.
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