color designs most exciting element color wheel a guide to study how to choose and combine colors
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COLORDESIGN’S
MOST EXCITING
ELEMENT
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COLOR WHEEL
A GUIDE TO STUDY HOW TO CHOOSE AND
COMBINE COLORS
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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
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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
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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
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NEUTRALS(NOT REALLY COLORS)
No color
All colors
White + Black
Can be used with most colors
White
Black
Gray
Beige
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THE COLOR WHEEL CAN BE DIVIDED INTO
WARM AND COOL COLORS
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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
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WARM COLORS
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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
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COOL COLORS
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• Hue
• Value
• Intensity
COLOR HAS THREEDIMENSIONS OR QUALITIES:
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HUE
RED YELLOW VIOLET
The name given to a color.
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VALUE
The lightness or darkness of a color
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SHADEMade by adding black to a color so that it is darker.
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HUE BLACK SHADE
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TINT
Made by adding white to a color so that it is lighter.
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HUE WHITE TINT
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INTENSITY
The brightness or dullness of a color.
FUSCHIA - HIGH INTENSITY
OLIVE - LOW INTENSITY
The intensity of a color changes when GREY is added.
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MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME
Different VALUES, TINTS and SHADES of ONE color.
BLUE
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ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEMEONE or more colors that are NEXT to each other on the color
wheel.
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COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
TWO colors that are OPPOSITE of each other on the color wheel.
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TRIAD COLOR SCHEMETHREE colors that are the SAME DISTANCE apart on
the color wheel.
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SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
A color along with the colors on EITHER side of it’s COMPLIMENT.
VIOLET
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ACCENTED NEUTRAL COLOR SCHEME
This color scheme combines white, black, gray or sometimes beige with a bright color accent.
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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.