A sword like in my sig? I made the general sword, then drew the lightning in black and added solid yellow inside of it. Then I made a color scale, 6 colors lighter then yellow and 6 darker. Then used the colors where I saw fit. 13 yellow colours? whoa man, that's alot for such a small pic. i think you've seen the swords i made. i used 4 colours to make the gold, 3 blue for the blade and 4 red. also i think 3 or 4 to make the iron things on it. so in total i used 14 or something. just to compare. It dosent mean I use them all, its just a sampling to use. If it seems to light/dark I dont use it.