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COLORS have a profound
effect on how we perceive things. They connect us instantly on the
decisions we make in our daily life.
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Color
Wheel
Color is all around us. Color is a sensation that we
experience with our brain through our eyes. It affects the way we feel,
behave, perceive and orient ourselves in a given space.
Basics Of Colors:
There are twelve basic colors. Each is equidistant from one another on a
simple and helpful tool called, the color wheel.
To begin, it is important to understand some basic color terminology:
- Hue = another word for color
- Tint = any hue mixed and lightened with white
- Shade = any hue mixed and darkened with black
- Tone = any hue mixed with grey
- Value = the lightness and brightness of a color
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Primary
Colors:
- Red, blue and yellow are the primary colors.
- The primary scheme is regarded as the most basic,
pure and elementary color scheme.
- Primary hues cannot be made by mixing with other
colors.
- Primary colors are a favorite for children's
bedrooms.
Secondary
Colors:
- Green, orange and violet are the secondary
colors.
- These hues are achieved by mixing two primary
colors.
- By employing tints and shades of the secondary
hues you can add a fresh uplifting quality to a decorating scheme.
Tertiary
Colors:
- Red-violet, yellow-orange, blue-green, blue-violet,
yellow-green and red-orange are all tertiary hues.
- Create these hues by mixing one primary with a
secondary color.
Complementary
Colors:
Hues are opposite
one another on the color wheel and create a neutral when mixed together.
Split
Complementary Colors:
This pleasing
scheme is easily acquired by selecting a hue and combining it with hues
on either side of its complement. For example: orange with blue-green and
blue-violet.
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