Post on 27-Mar-2015
COLORDESIGN’S
MOST EXCITING
ELEMENT
COLOR WHEEL
A GUIDE TO STUDY HOW TO CHOOSE AND
COMBINE COLORS
PRIMARY HUES
•Pure and basic
•Cannot be made from any other colors
•All other colors are made from these
•Equal distance from each other on color wheel
RED YELLOW BLUE
SECONDARY COLORS
•Made by mixing equal amounts of 2 primary colors
•Found halfway between the primary hues on the wheel
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ORANGE
GREEN
VIOLET
INTERMEDIATE (TERTIARY)
HUES
Made by mixing equal amounts of adjoining primary and secondary colors.
Yellow-orange
Red-orangeYellow-green
Blue-green
Blue-violet
Red-violet
NEUTRALS(NOT REALLY COLORS)
No color
All colors
White + Black
Can be used with most colors
White
Black
Gray
Beige
THE COLOR WHEEL CAN BE DIVIDED INTO
WARM AND COOL COLORS
WARM COLORS
Appear hot like the sun or like fire
Give feelings of activity or cheerfulness
Appear to advance-they make body look larger
Can give a nervous impression if overdone
Red, Orange, and Yellow
WARM COLORS
COOL COLORS
Remind us of water or sky
Give feelings of quietness or restfulness
Appear to recede and make body look smaller
Can be depressing if overdone
Blue, Green, and Purple
COOL COLORS
• Hue
• Value
• Intensity
COLOR HAS THREEDIMENSIONS OR QUALITIES:
HUE
RED YELLOW VIOLET
The name given to a color.
VALUE
The lightness or darkness of a color
SHADEMade by adding black to a color so that it is darker.
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HUE BLACK SHADE
TINT
Made by adding white to a color so that it is lighter.
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HUE WHITE TINT
INTENSITY
The brightness or dullness of a color.
FUSCHIA - HIGH INTENSITY
OLIVE - LOW INTENSITY
The intensity of a color changes when GREY is added.
MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME
Different VALUES, TINTS and SHADES of ONE color.
BLUE
ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEMEONE or more colors that are NEXT to each other on the color
wheel.
COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
TWO colors that are OPPOSITE of each other on the color wheel.
TRIAD COLOR SCHEMETHREE colors that are the SAME DISTANCE apart on
the color wheel.
SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
A color along with the colors on EITHER side of it’s COMPLIMENT.
VIOLET
ACCENTED NEUTRAL COLOR SCHEME
This color scheme combines white, black, gray or sometimes beige with a bright color accent.
All colors are beautiful, depending on personal taste.
If not used wisely or combined well, color can cause apparel to look too gaudy or very
drab.
Harmony results when hues, values and intensities are combined in a pleasing way.