How can a cohesive color palette be created for digital painting?

[Andrew70]

I’ve been trying to build a consistent visual style for my digital paintings, but I keep getting stuck on how to develop a cohesive color palette from scratch. I know some artists use a color script to plan this out, but my attempts just look disconnected and muddy when I move from one scene to the next.

[MasonJ]

I started with three neutral base colors and used a color script to plan the progression across pieces. It helped keep the mood consistent even when the scene shifts.

[MilaG]

I tried a quick mood board and notes about light direction and mood, but the colors still felt muddy when I moved to a new scene.

[EthanHM]

Could the problem be that the issue is not the palette but how I translate it across value and saturation from one image to another?

[PaulFA]

I kept a tiny test panel where I logged the exact values in the shadows midtones and highlights and checked that the hue stays in a narrow range.