This isn't going to be one of those passages where we'll talk about wavelengths, chroma, or monitor calibrations. These subjects are for other books; we just want to get down to what we need to know about using color.
Let's get some of the following definitions out of the way first so that we can understand the meanings of the terms we'll be using for this chapter:
Color: This is everything we see, gray, blue, and the splotches we see when we close our eyes too tightly.
Primary colors: Apart from monitors and RGB colors, we will consider red, yellow, and blue as primary colors. Most modern computer painting programs will act as if they're analog canvases, and Manga Studio is no exception.
Secondary colors: This is what we get when we mix primary colors. The primary red and blue colors create purple, a secondary color.
Hue: This is a pure color, for example, red, yellow, and other such colors. Hues don't have any other color as they are a blend of the...