Color Schemes and Harmony by Loreal Frye

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Color Schemes and Harmony

Published on Nov 18, 2015

This is an overview of the three principles of color (hue, value, saturation) and color schemes.

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COLOR

Schemes and Harmony

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What is color?

http://www.pantone.com/how-do-we-see-color

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Reflected Light

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoUyMuMVJQY

http://daphne.palomar.edu/design/color.html

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3 Properties of color

HUE = the spectral color name (red, blue, etc.)
VALUE = lightness or darkness
SATURATION (or intensity) = brightness or dullness

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Tint or Shade?

[Hue+White=TINT] [Hue+Black=SHADE]

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Achromatic

NEUTRAL colors (black, gray, & white)

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MONOCHROMATIC

ONE color AND its VALUES

POLYCHROMATIC

COOL

REFERS TO COLORS THAT EVOKE A FEELING OF COOLNESS

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WARM

REFERS TO COLORS THAT EVOKE A FEELING OF WARMTH

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PRIMARY

COLORS THAT CANNOT BE PRODUCED BY MIXTURES

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SECONDARY

THE RESULT OF MIXING 2 PRIMARIES

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Intermidiate

THE RESULT OF MIXING A PRIMARY & A SECONDARY

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TRIAD

3 COLORS OF EQUAL DISTANCE ON THE COLOR WHEEL

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ANALOGOUS

3 COLORS NEXT TO EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL

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COMPLEMENTARY

2 COLORS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL

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SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY

A COLOR PLUS THE 2 COLORS ON EITHER SIDE OF ITS COMPLEMENT

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What will you create with COLOR?

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