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New Release: Coloring Recipes Based on Skin Tones

On March 18, 2026, Mynavi Publishing will release an innovative book titled Coloring Recipes Based on Skin Tones. This unique guide aims to simplify color selection for character illustrations, ensuring artists no longer feel overwhelmed by their choices. It specifically focuses on how different skin tones interact with colors for shading, hair, and eyes, providing users with appealing and trendy combinations.

A Fresh Approach to Color Selection

The book introduces six distinct skin tone bases: Orange-Base, Cool Tone, Warm Tone, Bright Brown, Dark Brown, and Fantasy. Each category is packed with insightful color pairing patterns, enabling artists to quickly find suitable combinations for their characters. By focusing on the character's skin tone, users can ensure a more natural and harmonious appearance that enhances the visual impact of their artwork.

But what sets this book apart is its educational value. At the beginning, fundamental color theory, encompassing elements like hue, saturation, and brightness, is thoroughly explained. This empowers artists to not only replicate the suggested patterns but also venture into customization, adapting the colors to their unique style and preferences.

Special Features

- Coloring the Natural Way: By using skin tones as a foundation, character designs achieve a more authentic aesthetic.
- Quick Access to Trends: The guide supports artists in easily discovering color combinations that are in vogue.
- Learn and Adapt: With a well-structured introduction to color basics, readers can freely adjust the recommended patterns to match their vision.
- Bonus Starter Palette: Along with the purchase, customers receive a starter palette which makes it incredibly easy for anyone, especially beginners, to start their coloring journey.

Book Contents Overview

The book is structured into four chapters:
1. Introduction to Color Selection: A foundational chapter explaining color theory.
2. Determining Skin and Shadow Colors: Guidance on how to choose shades effectively.
3. Selecting Hair Colors Based on Skin Tone: Insights on how to coordinate hair colors with skin tones.
4. Choosing Eye Colors from Skin Tones: Offers strategies for selecting complementary eye colors.

Exciting Campaign Launch

To celebrate the book launch, Mynavi Publishing is hosting a social media campaign where artists can participate by using two free line drawings available for coloring. The lineart can be colored using the book's patterns, or any original color schemes the artist desires. Furthermore, completed coloring pieces can be posted on social media with specific hashtags to potentially receive commentary and highlights from the book's author, Deep Blizzard, on their YouTube channel.

How to Join the Campaign

1. Use the line drawings provided by the official Mynavi Books Creative account on X (@mynavibooks_cre) to create your own colored illustrations.
2. Share your finished works on social media using the hashtags: #DeepBlizzardColoringBook and #ColoringVideoRequest.

The selected artworks may be featured in a YouTube video where Deep Blizzard shares her thoughts and comments about them. Works submitted within one month from the book’s release (by April 18) qualify for a chance to be showcased.

Important Notes

• - Only submissions with the #ColoringVideoRequest tag may be highlighted in YouTube videos. If you prefer not to be featured, simply use the other hashtag.
• - The line art provided is for personal, non-commercial use only, ensuring that artists respect copyright guidelines.

Author Information

Deep Blizzard, the author, also runs tutorials and illustration lessons aimed at beginners on her YouTube channel, which has attracted over 400,000 subscribers as of March 2026. With several publications to her name, including Easily Start Character Illustration Using iPad with Procreate and Fun with Copics, she continues to inspire creatives.

Explore your artistic potential with Coloring Recipes Based on Skin Tones, and enjoy the journey of character creation with colors that truly stand out!