What color or colors should i use for lightning?

Question: What color or colors should i use for lightning!?

I am doing an art project and i need it to look pretty realistic!. Or is there any other idea, to do this project!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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If you use Goggle Image and look at photos of lightning, you will see that it is white, often surrounded by either pink, blue or green "flash!."

When I paint it I usually make the "flash" or fuzzy outline out of pink or blueish-green, sometimes purple, and then add the white "bolt" over the top of it!. However, in this one, a watercolor, I masked the lights and the lightning, and painted them in later!. !. !. !.not quite as effective: http://i266!.photobucket!.com/albums/ii267!.!.!. (This was a very experimental piece!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

The color of lightning very much depends on the color of sky behind it!. It could be blue, purple, orange or red!. Blue is probably the most popular giving you a light blue/white strike!. I think a toothy construction paper with some pastels or colored pencils will give you a better result!. The texture will give you a grainy edge on your lightning!.
Try a red-orange sky with some bright yellow lightning for a cool doomsday effect!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

draw a light blue fork like outline in chalk pastles of ur lightning on some black sugar paper or another black material in black then go over it with a thinner outline of white folowing the first out line!.

you may have to do the white out line a couple of times for it to stand out!!Www@QuestionHome@Com