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.