Why limited color palettes actually work better You don’t need 12 colors to make a good painting.Most of the time, they’re the reason it falls apart. Using just two colors forces everything to work together—whether you planned it or not. 🎯 Everything Automatically Harmonizes When you mix from only two colors, every variation is connected. There’s no random color jumping out.No weird disconnect between sky, ground, and subject. It all belongs—because it literally came from th