COLOR THEORY BASICS :: Color Wheel
| The colour wheel is a visual representation of colour theory. Colors are arranged according to their chromatic relationship. Primary colors are positioned equidistant from one another and are connected by a bridge using secondary and tertiary colors |
 PRIMARY COLORS Red, yellow and blue :: In traditional color theory, these are the 3 pigment colors that can not be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors. All other colors are derived from these 3 hues |
 SECONDARY COLORS Orange, green and violet :: Colors created by a mixture of two primaries. |
 TERTIARY COLORS Red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet and red-violet :: Colors created by a mixture of primary and secondary hues. |
 COMPLEMENTARY COLORS Colors located opposite each other on a colour wheel. |
 ANALOGOUS COLORS Colours located close together on a colour wheel. |
lizcrimson
John
maggiom
hoshinobike
a nice and quick review.
as maggiom said though, let`s go deeper!
deeper colour lovers with cmyk and rbg,,
and deeper still.
how deep can we go?
shepherdog
To me color is part science, part art.
Science - wherever there’s light, there’s color. White light contains all visible colors, which form an infinite spectrum that appears in the red-to-violent sequence, like a rainbow.
Art - with a tool like a color wheel, one would be able to choose the various shades and tints from the different color schemes such as complement and monochromatic.
This short article demystifies color and help one find the perfect colors for not only websites, but whatever that requires the use of colors. :)
Hope it helps.
Cheers!
Sherman
manekineko
Your article just gives color wheel basics, there's nothing there about finding perfect colors etc?
twinklevango
webseitler
whit-dogg
DeanChalk
I saw an Expression Design tutorial video, where the guy had a color wheel image on his design surface, and overlayed masking shapes to allow the selection of complimentary colors.
Does anyone know where I can get these for Expression Design ?
They looked really usefull
Thanks
Dean
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