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    How to create color palettes with narrative meaning
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    How to create color palettes with narrative meaning

    Color as language: Palettes with narrative meaning. A color palette with a narrative sense is not just an aesthetically pleasing combination. It is a chromatic selection that responds to an intention, a story and a specific emotion. When color is chosen from the meaning and not from the trend, it stops being decoration and becomes language. Color communicates before form and before text. It can reinforce a message, generate visual coherence and build identity. Therefore, creating a palette with a narrative intention implies asking ourselves what we want the observer to feel, perceive or remember. Color as a storytelling tool. Each color activates cultural, emotional and symbolic associations. Warm tones tend to be associated with energy, closeness or vitality; cool tones with calm, introspection or distance. Intense contrasts can convey tension or dynamism, while soft ranges evoke serenity or nostalgia. Film uses color to place us in an era or to reinforce the emotional arc of a character. Illustration uses it to define atmospheres and audiences. In branding, color builds positioning and differentiation. In photography, it determines the narrative tone of an image. Thinking of color as part of the story allows each chromatic decision to have a purpose and not be simply ornamental.

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    Lennart Gäbel Lennart Gäbel @lennartgaebel Hamburg, Germany
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    • "Doomscrolling" for stern magazine. Traditional illustration, and Editorial Illustration project by Lennart Gäbel - 11.30.2022
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    Daniel Granatta Daniel Granatta @granatta Mexico City, Mexico
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      • Nike We Run México. Design, Graphic Design, Traditional illustration, Marketing, and Advertising project by Daniel Granatta - 09.01.2013
      • Cruz Roja: Donación de órganos - Gusanos. Marketing, and Advertising project by Daniel Granatta - 05.04.2012
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      Jean Fraisse Jean Fraisse @jbfraisse Director de Arte para películas de animación Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
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      • My project in Drawing 101: Introduction to Digital Illustration course. Traditional illustration, Drawing, Digital Illustration, and Digital Drawing project by Jean Fraisse - 06.22.2021
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      Moncho Massé Moncho Massé @moncho_masse Motion Designer Barcelona, Spain
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      RubenAnimator RubenAnimator @rubenanimator Realización / Animación Madrid, Spain
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