Hue Shifts

[Fizz]

Can anyone explain to me what a hue shift's purpose is and show me an example?

Thanks in advance.

[AlexHW]

Hueshift, is basically when you change hues in degrees..
an example:

You can see the top one is just a green color which gets gradually darker, but the lower one is a green color which gets both darker and bluer..
The purpose can be various reasons, such as dynamic or aesthetic reasons.. it could also be usefull for describeing the movements of light within the piece..

[Meta|Fox]

The top example shows basic hue shifting and the bottom shows how you can hue shift while still keeping to a chosen colour theme.

[Terley]

you can be very drastic with your hue shifts or just suttle to add hints of other colours to your work.. I like to think that moving closer to the blue's when you darken, and to the yellow to lighten.. but you don't have to keep to a certain path like on the examples.. you can zigzag, gradually get less saturated, more saturated, or even work out combinations yourself.. colour is a magical thing, make the most of it.

[Meta|Fox]

lol Terley, nice avatar

[Rydin]

Hue shifting can be pretty usefull if you're trying to keep a low color count, because what you could be using to shade in on area you could use for a base color in another area.  But the main reason for hue shifting, I like to think, is to get effective shading without making the pic look "dingy" if you know what I mean.

[MoD]

It's also very usefiul with colored lightsources, where the lightsource's color is shown most in highlights and the object's actual color is prevalent in the midtones.

[Soup]

But I don't think hueshifts are needed in spriting something cartoon light.
Realistically , colors to blend and change, so there is a need for hueshift.

[Terley]

adding hue shifts isn't about making something look realistic, its about adding that 'extra' level to your work, it makes a winter scene feel cold on the eyes, and a fire feel hot.. It adds warmth to a characters skin, it's simply foolish to not take advantage of what using the whole spectrum can bring to the quality of your work.. whether your excuse is that you want to make cartoons, not realism. Look back to the first 'cartoons' made, great care was made to bring real art to life through the discovery of animation, what your basically saying is 'yeah but I just want to be lazy'..

[Feron]

if someone says grass - you immediately think "green".  however upon further inspection, there are yellows and browns in there.
"brick" implies browns/reds, however you can also see purples, greens and blues.

look closely at objects and you will see colors you automatically dont assosciate with it.  hues shifts will make your pieces look more realistic.