Illustration
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Color for illustrators: building a personal palette system that works across projects
Illustration has different color requirements than UI or brand design — the palette serves narrative and atmosphere rather than interface function. But professional illustrators still benefit from systematic thinking about color: a personal palette system creates visual coherence across a body of work, speeds up production, and helps clients understand what they are commissioning.
Color in Illustration: From Limited Palettes to Expressive Complexity
Illustration color strategy is distinct from UI and brand color work — it operates at a different scale, under different constraints, and with different expressive possibilities. Whether working with a two-color risograph print palette or a full-spectrum digital illustration, the underlying principles of palette coherence, temperature contrast, and chromatic weight govern how color contributes to the reading of form, space, and narrative.
Color in Illustration: How Illustrators Build Palettes That Feel Intentional
Digital illustration has its own color logic — different from photography, different from UI design, and often different from fine art. The constraints of digital illustration (RGB output, vector-friendly flat colors, scaling across sizes) create specific palette challenges. This issue covers how professional illustrators approach palette construction and what product designers can borrow from that practice.