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The Warm-and-Cool Approach

The Warm-and-Cool Approach

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James Gurney
May 17, 2025
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Gary asks:

"I can't see if there's a rationale for when a warm or cool tone is used. I believe this brings life to a drawing but don’t understand how to best apply it."

Another reader asked a related question about whether warmth and coolness are based on the relative color of the lights or the relative color of the surfaces—and what to do when those fact…

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