tl;dr you want this SIGGRAPH color science vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i3s5KZt2fw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i3s5KZt2fw Forget color names. (e.

tl;dr you want this SIGGRAPH color science vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i3s5KZt2fw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i3s5KZt2fw Forget color names. (e.g. taupe, beige, tan, sand). Color is a Science (RGB / HSV / CMYK / etc...) and those names mean nothing but arbitrary regions and are fundamentally useless except to business trying to sell their paints. Also they make me crazy, I hate them so much. If you have some time research the compositing discipline of visual effects for movies. Compositors are the people that layer together images from the lighters. Ummm... they make everything look real? Haha, I haven't had to explain compositing in laymen terms in a while. Sorry, here's a couple videos... Here's a simple breakdown and explanation about the craft of compositing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0WpIzi8sc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0WpIzi8sc4 Here's the technical theory about color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i3s5KZt2fw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i3s5KZt2fw I apologize, I haven't watched this video myself, but it looks like the right stuff.