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7 Tips for Painting Vibrant Color

By Jed Dorsey

Type
Article
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free
Published
2026
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About this lesson

Jed Dorsey gives seven specific strategies for saturated color, including toning canvases brightly so underlayers show through, deliberately exaggerating the subtle color already present in a scene, and juxtaposing saturated passages against grayed ones so the vibrant areas read as more intense by contrast.