Color 8: Picking a Palette

This post is part of an ongoing series on color. To see previous posts, click here. 

Sometimes coming up with a good color palette for a piece is a struggle. When I'm picking a palette I want one that is pleasing to the eye, appropriately emotive, AND represents all objects as seen in the same light. Here are a few different methods you can use to choose a set of colors. 

1. Borrow it: use the color palette of another artist. Someone else has already put together a combination of...