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USING COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

An image dominated by two complementary complementary colors are seen next to each other,
colors has immediate visual impact, and this they both look more intense—an effect known as
technique was employed in painting long before simultaneous contrast. The three most effective and
the advent of color photography. A pair of most common pairings are blue/orange, red/green,
complementary colors always contains one warm and yellow/violet (purple). Urban environments and
and one cool color, such as red and green. When gardens are good places to find suitable subjects.

SELECT YOUR LENS SELECT PROGRAM CONSULT THE COLOR WHEEL
Attach a moderate telephoto lens In Program mode, the camera will Check the colors of what you
to your camera. This will make it easier to select the exposure setting, allowing you want to shoot against a color wheel
simplify the shot and exclude other to concentrate on the composition of (see pp.40–41) to make sure that they
potentially distracting colors. your image. are complementary.

SET THE WHITE BALANCE
By using the right White Balance
setting, you will ensure the colors in your
photo are correct. The easiest way to
achieve this is to select a White Balance
preset (see p.45).

FRAME YOUR SHOT
Carefully compose your photo
so that your two subjects fill the image
space. Cooler colors tend to recede
visually, so blue or green subjects benefit
from being prominent in the frame.

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