Saturday, September 20, 2008

Color Wheel



Hue: (Primary) - Red/Yellow/Blue
(Secondary) - Orange/Green/Purple
(Tertiary) - Red-orange/Red-violet/Yellow-orange/yellow-green/Blue-green/Blue-violet
Intensity/Chroma : Brightness/Dullness
Value : Lightness(High value)/Darkness(Low value)
Tints/Tones/Shades
Emotion :
Red : Love, passion, power, courage, primitiveness, excitement, danger, sin, sacrifice, vitality.
Red-orange : Spirit, energy, gaiety, impetuourness, strength, boldness, action.
Orange : Warmeth, cheer, youthfulness, exurberance, vigor, excitement, extremism.
Yellow-orange : Happiness, prosperity, gaiety, hospitality, optimism, openness.
Yellow : Brightness, wisdom, enlightenment, happiness, cowardice, treachery, ill health, warmth.
Yellow-green : Friendship, sparkle, youth, warmth, restlessness, newness.
Green : Youth, inexperience, growth, envy, wealth, refreshment, rest, calmness.
Blue-green : Queitness, reserve, relaxation, smoothness, faithfulness.
Blue : Peace, loyalty, restraint, sincerity, conservatism, passivity, honor, serenity, gentleness.
Blue-violet : Tranquility, spiritualism, modesty, reflection, somberness, maturity, aloofness, dignity, fatigue.
Violet : Stateliness, royalty, drama, dominance, mystery, formality, melancholy, quietness.
Red-violet : Drama, perplexity, enigma, intrigue, remoteness, tension.
Brown : Causalness, warmth, tranquility, naturalness, friendliness, humility, earthiness.
Black : Dignity, mourning, formality, death, sophistication, gloom, uncertainty, sorrow, ominousness, mystery.
Grey : Calmness, serenity, resignation, dignity, versatility, penitence.
White : Joy, hope, purity, innocence, cleanliness, spiritualism, forgiveness, love, enlightenment.
Color Schemes :
Achromatic : Only Neutrals such as white, beige, gray, and black.
Monochromatic : Only shades and tints of one color family are used in the color plan.
Analogous : Two to four hues next to each other on the color wheel.
Complementary : Two hues opposite each other on the color wheel.
-Double complementary : Two adjacent hues and their complements, giving a four-hue format of two adjacent pairs of complements.
- Adjacent complementary : contain two complements and one hue next to one of the complements, giving a three-hue format.
-Single-split complementary : Use three hues, one hue and the hue on each side of its complement. It begins with two complements, omits one, and takes the hue on each side of it.
-Double-split complementary : Use four hues, one hue on each side of the complements.
**All the theory and concept are useful for us.......

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