Caprese salad – Colour wheel in food photography.
Black peppered, kerala kokkum flavoured soft cheese with caprese salad, served on a banana leaf.
Colour wheel is a great tool in food photography. It helps you what colour goes well with other colours.
Photography is all about capturing light and light is made up of three colours red green and blue. When we combine these three colours we get white. If you notice certain colours compliment each other, red goes great with green.
Primary colors are – red, yellow and blue. Combinations of these three colors produce three secondary colors: purple (red and blue), green (blue and yellow) and orange (yellow and red). Further mixing of these colors can produce a whole range of tertiary colors from which to compose your photographs.
Complementary colours are colours opposite to each other, split complementary colours eg: either sides of the complementary colours are considered as the split complementary colours. Any three colours together or side by side are considered as analogous colours, which goes very nice together.
But some colours like blue are difficult to find in food. Instead use your boards or props to complement these to finish off your food story. If you are into photo editing tips in lightroom please click on the link.
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Recipe: Black peppered, kerala kokkum flavoured soft cheese with caprese salad, served on a banana leaf. Hope these little tips and tricks helps you in your next food photography.
Caprese Salad
Black peppered, kerala kokkum flavoured soft cheese with caprese salad, served on a banana leaf.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 87kcal
Cost £5
Ingredients
- 1 black pepper
- 1 kerala cocum
- 50 gms soft cheese
Instructions
- Black peppered, kerala kokkum flavoured soft cheese with caprese salad, served on a banana leaf.
Nutrition
Calories: 87kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 80mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 336IU | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg
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Wow,,your recipes make me drool… 🙂 🙂
Thanks Rajat.
I am never tired of telling Sumith, your hands create magic! Simply brilliant ?
You are an inspiration Radhika. Thanks a lot for these amazing words.
You are so gifted!
Thank you Diane.
Good tips, Sumith. It might also help (or confuse) to mention the difference between additive and subtractive colors (RGB versus CMYK) as one rules screens, and the other prints. The differences between the two are the realm of printers, who are the true experts when it comes to translating computer images to printables (books, for example).
There are many tools available free on the internet that deal with all sorts of color combinations. What used to be Kuler (a Photoshop tool, is now Adobe CC (https://color.adobe.com/de/create/color-wheel/), that lets you choose the different modes and provides you with accurate tones. Hope this explains the intricacies some more.
Wow, thank you Alex. You did an icing for the cake, and topped with a cherry. Will try this one now. Thanks a lot for this share.❤?
wow eye-catching presentation sumith and thanks for your tips.
Thanks a lot Sneak peek.??
Excellent dish, excellent photos and good tips 🙂
Thank you Aheikkinen
Following you on Instagram 🙂 Your photos are drool-worthy.
Thank you Jheelam.
Great post and thanks – I’m still trying to master the photos!
Thank you Amanda.
I’ve often used a color wheel in gardening but for some reason never used it with styling food. Now, I need to find that wheel… ?
You need to find it back Juju. It will defenetly help. I often use it for painting and decorations too. An amazing tool it is. In fact will try it in the garden next time, thanks for the clue?
Great to learn something new – color wheel in food photography, Sumith. The appetizer looks awesome with complementing colors !
Thank you Nisha.
Wow, this looks gorgeous Sumith!
Thank you Ursula.
These photographs are lovely, Sumith. You are very artistic and your use of colour is wonderful.
Thanks a lot Robbie.
Wow! This looks so captivating !!
Thank you Megala.
Caprese salad looks wonderful! I never realised there was so much to food photography and the science of color.Thanks for a great post!
Thank you Sheela.
Very interesting composition ???
Thank you Anto.
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I didn’t see this on my Reader. I wonder what happened. I love your ideas and the photos are wonderful. 🙂
Thank you Ronit. I think WordPress made some changes. Me too not getting many posts on my reader.
Hopefully they will fix it soon. It’s very frustrating!
Yes it is. Thanks Ronit.