Like inkers, colorists also enhance the clarity and depth of the artwork while also intensifying the mood of a scene. The most important of these is clarity: characters and objects that are important to understanding the story must be colored clearly so we can recognize them. This does not mean that every single object must be rendered in its "natural color". Sometimes to make an important object stand out or to clarify the difference between two objects, one object must be colored unnaturally. After clarity, depth should be strived for. This is usually achieved by simplifying the color schemes of objects at the same level of depth, and organizing the color schemes within a panel from cool to warm or vice versa. After clarity and depth, mood should be strived for. If a scene is mysterious, dark colors may be appropriate. If a scene is cheerful, light colors may be appropriate. Still, clarity and depth should never be sacrificed for mood. It may be necessary to render a night scene with light backgrounds for the sake of clarity and depth. There are only 64 colors that can be used in standard, newsprint comics. Keep your color schemes simple. Submit six to ten colored pages, preferably in sequence. Color over photocopies of inked pages at the same size as the printed comic page: 5-7/8" by 9" (This is a 60% reduction from the original artwork size of 10" by 15-1/4").
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