Steven Kodani

Anime characters often have very iconic colors, and being able to replicate those colors can be really important when going for a screen-accurate cell-shaded look. I've been really excited about the Kaleido ColorLab color matching tools ever since I heard about them last year, and decided to use this project as an opportunity to try them out. I kicked things off by color-picking Belle's lit skin color from her official artwork, and... the best match the tool could come up with was using pure white? Apparently, it's really hard to replicate the color of pale anime girl skin. I appreciate that Gaahleri included skin tones in their most recent set, but looking at the color samples online, they seem a little too dark for what I'm looking for. I ended up trying to color match on my own, and I think I got it pretty close. The ColorLab tool worked much better for her hair color, recommending 4 parts hibiscus purple to 6 parts scotia blue. Gaahleri, if you see this, I'd like to request that your next paint set include the color "pale anime girl skin"!