Kurt Michael Russell - comic book colorist, digital artist, and art instructor

Coloring tutorial: avoiding muddy colors

K. Michael Russell July 18, 2015

Here's a new tutorial on how to avoid muddy colors in Photoshop! Monitors can show millions of colors--many that you can't print that only work on a computer screen. Here's how I deal with it:

MagicPicker - for much faster color picking. Get an exclusive discount with this link.

I've also started using Procreate on the iPad Pro recently. You can check it out here:

PC Setup

I get questions about my PC hardware often. My setup is completely overkill for coloring, but I do a lot of video editing, so keep that in mind! Here's my current setup:

Intel Core i7 5820K
Asus Sabertooth X99
G.Skill 32GB DDR4-2400
Samsung 950 Pro 512GB M.2
EVGA GTX 1080 8GB
Fractal Design Define R5
Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum PSU

Tablet

I am currently using a Wacom Intuos Art (Medium) & an iPad Pro 12.9 (2017)

I manage my YouTube channel with Tubebuddy. Great product for bulk copy editing and bulk annotation and card updating.

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