{"id":44791,"date":"2025-06-19T17:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=44791"},"modified":"2025-06-19T17:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:20:09","slug":"too-much-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/06\/19\/too-much-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIV\/Too-Much.mp3\">Too-Much.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIV\/Too-Much.mp4\">Too-Much.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIV\/Too-Much-Unplugged-Underground-XXI.mp3\">Too-Much-Unplugged-U..&gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIV\/Too-Much-Unplugged-Underground-XXI.mp4\">Too-Much-Unplugged-U..&gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIV\/Too-Much-intro.mp3\">Too-Much-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nYa know cadmium yellow<br \/>\nTook away the mellow<br \/>\nIs the cadmium red<br \/>\nSo he doesn&#8217;t look dead?<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nToo much red<br \/>\n(Too much yellow)<br \/>\nToo much said<br \/>\n(By a nasty fellow)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nA flesh tone<br \/>\nFrom the Twilight Zone<br \/>\nOveruse, Abuse<br \/>\nSaturation<br \/>\n(Mental masturbation)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nLack of cool hues<br \/>\nUltramarine, cobalt blue<br \/>\nPlease give him clues<br \/>\nMust be something you can do?<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nToo much red<br \/>\n(Too much yellow)<br \/>\nToo much said<br \/>\n(By a nasty fellow)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nA flesh tone<br \/>\nFrom the Twilight Zone<br \/>\nOveruse, Abuse<br \/>\nSaturation<br \/>\n(Mental masturbation)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nToo much red<br \/>\n(Too much yellow)<br \/>\nToo much said<br \/>\n(By a nasty fellow)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nA flesh tone<br \/>\nFrom the Twilight Zone<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"185\">To make a <strong data-start=\"10\" data-end=\"31\">normal flesh tone<\/strong> appear <strong data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"53\">too orange<\/strong>, you&#8217;d typically add <strong data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"91\">too much red<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"114\">too much yellow<\/strong>\u2014especially <strong data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"141\">warm yellow<\/strong> (like cadmium yellow) or <strong data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"184\">orange itself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"242\">Here\u2019s what can push a flesh tone into the orange zone:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"562\">\n<li data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"325\">\n<p data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"325\"><strong data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"262\">Too much red<\/strong> + <strong data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"275\">yellow<\/strong> (especially without balancing blue or cool tones)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"383\">\n<p data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"383\">Using <strong data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"344\">orange<\/strong> instead of subtle pinks or earth tones<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"463\">\n<p data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"463\">Overuse of <strong data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"416\">warm undertones<\/strong> like <strong data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"438\">burnt sienna<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"463\">cadmium red light<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"562\">\n<p data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"562\">Lack of <strong data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"489\">cool colors<\/strong> (like ultramarine, cobalt blue, or cool greens) to neutralize the warmth<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"634\">If your mix is turning too orange and you want to correct it, you can:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"833\">\n<li data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"690\">\n<p data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"690\">Add a <strong data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"661\">touch of blue<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"674\">green<\/strong> to tone it down<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"691\" data-end=\"783\">\n<p data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"783\">Use more <strong data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"713\">neutral<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"736\">cool base tones<\/strong> (like raw umber, titanium white, or even grey)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"833\">\n<p data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"833\">Add a bit of <strong data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"808\">white<\/strong> to soften the saturation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/trumpenomics-the-decline-of-the-us\/\">Trumpenomics: The Decline of the US<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/orange\/\">Orange<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Too-Much.mp3 Too-Much.mp4 Too-Much-Unplugged-U..&gt; Too-Much-Unplugged-U..&gt; Too-Much-intro.mp3 [Verse 1] Ya know cadmium yellow Took away the mellow Is the cadmium red So he doesn&#8217;t look dead? [Chorus] Too much red (Too much yellow) Too much said (By a nasty fellow) [Bridge] A flesh tone From the Twilight Zone Overuse, Abuse Saturation (Mental masturbation) [Verse 2] Lack of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[4139],"class_list":["post-44791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-the-beatless-sense-mongers","tag-orange"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44791"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44807,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44791\/revisions\/44807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}