Hideaki Hamada's Color Matching Aesthetics "Japanese Color Matching Skills"

In addition, we can also find many rules of color matching from Hamada's works.

If a photo can conform to some common color matching rules, it will be more beautiful visually.

Masters have explored many laws,

These rules are worth learning from.

First of all, we need to know a new color ring-Ryb color ring.

Red, yellow and blue are primary colors.

Common color matching model based on RYB color ring,

There are the following kinds

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Similar color matching

Monochrome collocation

Simply put, there is almost only one hue,

Layers are generated only by the change of lightness and saturation of colors.

Similar color matching

Sometimes there are too many colors in the picture, so it's strange to unify them into a single tone. If you want to keep the colors harmonious at this time, you can use the matching mode of similar colors.

Similar color matching is to find a group of adjacent tones in the RYB color circle to "dye" the photo. Similar colors are more abundant than monochrome, but because of similar tones, there will not be much conflict.

For example: orange and orange, violet and rose, purple, and other colors that are very adjacent to each other on the color circle.

Hideaki Hamada's Similar Color Matching Method

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Complementary color matching

That is, in the color circle, two opposite colors, such as red and green, yellow and purple, orange and blue.

Complementary color collocation can make the contrast effect between colors reach the strongest visual effect.

Hideaki Hamada's Contrast Color Matching Rule

Red VS blue

Red VS green

Yellow VS green

Blue VS green

Blue VS yellow

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Wild color matching

That is, neutral color is a common color matching rule in daily life.

Hideaki Hamada's Wild Color Matching Method

When you don't know what to wear to take pictures, it's not wrong to choose white.

If you add a simple background, it is easy to take a fresh and minimalist photo.

The influence of light and shadow on the overall picture is also huge. For example, in the following group of photos, the main color of the photos is different because of the shooting light and angle.

In addition to the wild white, black is also a good wild color, which is different from white and can better set off the atmosphere. For example, this group of photos of Hideaki Hamada.

Color matching seems mysterious, but it is not complicated.

But we also need to improve our aesthetics while mastering the skills, and finally we can form our own unique style.

For Hideaki Hamada's color matching ideas, you can see my color matching tutorial in this issue.

Hideaki Hamada's idea of color matching in his later photography.