Color An Element of Design. What colors do you associate with… Exciting Appetite Cheerful Serene and Peaceful Calm and Quiet Royalty & Artistic Professional

ColorAn Element of Design

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What colors do you associate with…

• Exciting• Appetite• Cheerful• Serene and

Peaceful• Calm and Quiet

• Royalty & Artistic• Professional or

Formal• Religious

Color Creates Moods & FeelingsReligious & Pure

Professional &

FormalRoyalty

Calm & Quiet

Appetite

Cheerful

Serene &

Peaceful

Exciting

Primary Colors

orTriadic Color

Scheme

Color Creates Moods & FeelingsReligious & Pure

Professional &

FormalRoyalty

Calm & Quiet

Appetite

Cheerful

Serene &

Peaceful

ExcitingSecondary Colors

or Triadic Color

Scheme

Primary Secondary Tertiary

RedYellowBlue

OrangeGreenViolet

Red-OrangeYellow-OrangeYellow-GreenBlue-GreenBlue-VioletRed-Violet




The Color Wheel

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Color Terms

• Hue• Value• Shade• Tint• Intensity

The name of a color

When black is addedWhen white is addedBrightness / Dullness

Lighter / Darker

Tint

Shade

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Color Schemes

Using a combination of colors from the color wheel to create an interesting and satisfying

design look.Triadic Analogous Complementary

Split Complementary





Triadic Color Scheme

Three colors of equal

distance from one another on a color

wheel.


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Analogous Color Scheme

Three to five colors adjacent to one another on a color

wheel.


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Complementary Color Scheme

Two colors of equal distance from (directly across) one

another on a color wheel.


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Split-Complementary Color Scheme

A three color combination of one color and the colors on either side

of it’s complement.


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• Shades and Tints of one hue used through out a design plan.

Monochromatic Color Scheme

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Warm ColorsAdvances

Cool ColorsRecedes

Colors of the SunColors of Fire• RED• RED-ORANGE• ORANGE• YELLOW-ORANGE• YELLOW

Colors of the OceanColors of Sky• Green• BLUE-GREEN• BLUE• BLUE-VIOLET• VIOLET


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