<h1 id="dramatic-color-scale-color-methodology-lora">Dramatic Color Scale — Color Methodology LoRA</h1><p><strong>DramaticColor is not a style LoRA. It's a color methodology LoRA.</strong></p><p>It teaches six distinct approaches to dramatic color treatment as independently promptable axes. Stack it on top of any style LoRA or use it standalone as a color grading pass.</p><p></p><h2 id="trigger-words">Trigger Words</h2><p>*<code>dramaticcolor_style</code>** — Always include on every prompt</p><p>*<code>dramaticcolor_vivid</code>** — Add for high saturation / punchy / vivid results</p><p>*<code>dramaticcolor_crown</code>** — Add for the best exemplars of each color approach</p><p><strong>Recommended weight:</strong> 0.5–0.7 standalone · 0.2–0.4 when stacking</p><p></p><h2 id="the-six-color-profiles">The Six Color Profiles</h2><p>Pick one profile per prompt and include all its tags.</p><p></p><h2 id="spot-spot-color-duotone">🔴 SPOT — Spot Color / Duotone</h2><p>Near-monochrome with ONE vivid color blazing through everything. The rest is grey, black, or white.</p><pre><code>spot_color, monochrome, muted_color, chiaroscuro, limited_palette, red theme</code></pre><p>Add a color theme tag to direct which color dominates: <code>red theme</code>, <code>blue theme</code>, <code>green theme</code>, <code>purple theme</code>, <code>orange theme</code>, <code>teal theme</code></p><p>Add <code>multicolored</code> to your <strong>negative</strong> to keep the palette strict.</p><p></p><h2 id="neon-chromatic-glow-on-dark">💜 NEON — Chromatic Glow on Dark</h2><p>Pure black or near-black background. Subject lit by vivid multi-color neon light. Maximum contrast.</p><pre><code>neon_lighting, glowing, dark_background, rim_lighting, colorful</code></pre><p></p><h2 id="mono_sat-monochromatic-saturation">🔵 MONO_SAT — Monochromatic Saturation</h2><p>Single hue pushed to maximum saturation with a small complementary accent breaking it.</p><pre><code>limited_palette, gradient_(color), bloom, glowing, colorful, blue theme</code></pre><p>Swap the theme tag to shift the dominant hue.</p><p></p><h2 id="gradient-atmospheric-chromatic-gradient">🌌 GRADIENT — Atmospheric Chromatic Gradient</h2><p>Smooth chromatic transitions sky-to-ground or foreground-to-background. The gradient IS the subject.</p><pre><code>gradient_background, gradient_(color), colorful, purple theme</code></pre><p></p><h2 id="comp-warm-cool-complementary">🌅 COMP — Warm-Cool Complementary</h2><p>Warm dominant (orange/red/amber) vs cool counterpoint (blue/teal/purple), both fully saturated.</p><pre><code>colorful, dramatic_lighting, golden_hour</code></pre><p>Add scene-specific tags to direct the temperature split: <code>sunset</code>, <code>night</code>, <code>fire</code>, <code>moonlight</code></p><p></p><h2 id="highkey-high-key-overexposed-white">⬜ HIGHKEY — High Key / Overexposed White</h2><p>The opposite of NEON. Near-white, extremely bright, with one subtle chromatic wash underneath.</p><pre><code>bloom, white_background, simple_background</code></pre><p>Add <code>dark background, dark theme, low key</code> to your <strong>negative</strong> to prevent drift.</p><p></p><h2 id="pixel-pixel-art-color">🎮 PIXEL — Pixel Art Color</h2><p>Pixel art medium with intentional strong color usage.</p><pre><code>pixel_art, colorful, limited_palette</code></pre><p>Remove <code>flat color, cel shading, vector art</code> from your negative for this profile.</p><p></p><h2 id="prompt-structure">Prompt Structure</h2><pre><code>[triggers], [color profile tags], [style tags], [content tags], [composition], [quality]</code></pre><p></p><p><strong>NEON character example:</strong></p><pre><code>dramaticcolor_style, dramaticcolor_vivid, dramaticcolor_crown,

neon_lighting, glowing, dark_background, rim_lighting, colorful,

digital_painting, concept_art,

1girl, solo, armor, sword, standing, from_below, fantasy,

full_body, vertical, masterpiece, best_quality, absurdres, highres</code></pre><p></p><p><strong>SPOT landscape example:</strong></p><pre><code>dramaticcolor_style, dramaticcolor_vivid,

spot_color, monochrome, muted_color, chiaroscuro, limited_palette, red theme,

digital_painting, concept_art,

no humans, scenery, outdoors, forest, fog, night,

wide_shot, vertical, masterpiece, best_quality, absurdres, highres</code></pre><p></p><p><strong>COMP environment example:</strong></p><pre><code>dramaticcolor_style, dramaticcolor_vivid, dramaticcolor_crown,

colorful, dramatic_lighting, golden_hour,

digital_painting, concept_art,

no humans, scenery, outdoors, forest, giant tree, ancient tree, towering,

fog, mist, sunset, teal, coral, amber,

from_below, wide_shot, vertical, epic_scale, masterpiece, best_quality, absurdres, highres</code></pre><h2 id="stacking-with-other-loras">Stacking With Other LoRAs</h2><p>DramaticColor is designed to stack. Keep its weight low (0.2–0.4) so it enhances rather than overrides.</p><p><strong>Radiance 0.7 + DramaticColor 0.3</strong> → painterly environments with pushed chromatic lighting</p><p><strong>Horizon 0.7 + DramaticColor 0.3</strong> → grimdark with saturated neon glow instead of muted shadows</p><p><strong>DramaticColor 0.6 standalone</strong> → color grading on base model output</p><p></p><h2 id="universal-negative-prompt">Universal Negative Prompt</h2><pre><code>worst quality, low quality, normal quality, lowres, blurry, jpeg artifacts,

watermark, signature, text, username,

realistic, photorealistic, 3d, render,

extra limbs, bad hands, bad anatomy, extra fingers, missing fingers, malformed hands,

bad eyes, asymmetrical eyes, dull eyes, ugly eyes,

flat color, cel shading, vector art, simple shading, flat shading,

sketch, lineart, unfinished,

bad proportions, deformed, disfigured, mutation,

cropped, out of frame, poorly drawn face, poorly drawn</code></pre><h2 id="tips">Tips</h2><p><strong>Always include</strong> <code>digital_painting, concept_art</code> — without them the base model may default to flat or minimal style</p><p><strong>Always include</strong> <code>highly detailed, intricate, sharp focus, complex lighting, detailed shading</code> for detail density</p><p><strong>Always include</strong> <code>absurdres, highres</code> — makes a meaningful difference on Illustrious-lineage models</p><p>All profile tags are verified real Danbooru tags. Do not substitute invented alternatives.</p><p></p><h2 id="compatible-base-models">Compatible Base Models</h2><p>Trained on <strong>WAI-Illustrious v17</strong>. Works across the full Illustrious lineage.</p><p>✅ WAI-Illustrious v17 (trained on this)</p><p>✅ ntrMIX Illustrious XL</p><p>✅ Illustrious XL v2.0</p><p></p><p><strong>Incompatible:</strong> Pony Diffusion, vanilla SDXL, Flux, DreamShaper XL</p><p></p>

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