Color+Theory

=Color = Color is one of the most powerful elements of Art & Design; it captures our attention, has symbolic and emotional meaning, can create the illusion of depth and so much more. Color is also one of the most challenging elements to use properly. Beginnings tend to use as much color as possible, which can ruin an otherwise interesting concept or design. For hundreds of years, scientists and artists have been studying both the technical and aesthetic aspects of color and light. As artists, all we have to do is listen, and apply their theories to make our work more visually united and powerful!



Color has a very influential affect on how we see and "feel" visual art and design. Use these color guides to help match the atmosphere of your design with colors that represent it's emotional content.
 * Color Psychology **

@http://www.colorpsychology.org/
 * The Psychology of Color and it's meaning **

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**Primary Colors:** Red, yellow and blue In traditional color theory (used in paint and pigments), primary colors are the 3 pigment colors that can not be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors. All other colors are derived from these 3 hues.
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**Secondary Colors:** Green, orange and purple These are the colors formed by mixing the primary colors.

**Tertiary Colors:** Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green & yellow-green These are the colors formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color. That's why the hue is a two-word name, such as blue-green, red-violet, and yellow-orange.



** Color Harmonies **
**Monochromatic:** Using only one color, but every value of that one color

**Complimentary:** Using any two colors that are directly opposite from each other on the color wheel.

**Analogous Colors:** Any three colors which are side by side on a color wheel

One color plus the two colors on either side of its compliment
 * Split complimentary: **

**Triad:** Any three colors which are of equal distance from each other.

**Tetrads**: Two pairs of complimentary colors



@http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.htm
@https://pumpkincat210.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/color-theory-and-the-color-wheel/