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Luna Rosa
Posted 1 hour ago
My sincerest apologies for not posting this in the proper place but the "bugs" thread is not letting me post.
For some reason a whole heap of stuff doesn't seem to be working properly. Noone's palettes/patterns are showing up on their profiles, just the bio and recent comments, I can't edit anything and none of the drop down menus are working.
Is this happening to anyone else or is it just me?
For some reason a whole heap of stuff doesn't seem to be working properly. Noone's palettes/patterns are showing up on their profiles, just the bio and recent comments, I can't edit anything and none of the drop down menus are working.
Is this happening to anyone else or is it just me?
IceTigerLily
I just love this. The peachy colours look so calming and serene and then there's the grey and the turquoise which gives off a 50's feel (which I just love on its own). It's a perfect colour palette for this summer.
Posted 1 hour ago
I just love this. The peachy colours look so calming and serene and then there's the grey and the turquoise which gives off a 50's feel (which I just love on its own). It's a perfect colour palette for this summer.
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Posted 5 hours ago
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manojb05
scribbleink
There are different types of color harmonies. You might want to buy yourself a pocket color wheel if you want to know the rules for complementary colors, but I recommend trial and error, and frequently breaking those rules :)
Btw, the complement of cyan is red, but we don't usually see them side-by-side.
pforster
color #abcdef gets complementary #543210 or #ff00ff gets #00ff00 or #4f22c8 gets #b0dd37.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f color
f e d c b a 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 complement
Greatings Peter
pforster
Colors and their luminous complementaries
Peter
Just Perfect Color
Complimentary color schemes are very bold and great for high school chearleading outfits, flags of third world dictatorships, and Holiday decorations but hard to design around otherwise since the colors neutralize each other to some extent and full strength the colors can cause a lot of tension. More popular are split complimentary schemes where colors to either side of the actual compliment are used.
I agree that a color wheel, purchased or downloaded, would be a good start for you.
Just Perfect Color
Scribbleink. Hugh? Scratching my head. You sure? I am thinking a deeper red would be a split compliment starting with a CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA wheel?
In photography, back in the days where color prints were made with paper layered with emulsions sensitive to each color and chemicals? You corrected for prints that looked too CYAN by pumping up its exact compliment. The YELLOW and MAGENTA. layers. Not red.
pforster
see even Complementi cromatici.
sspice313
Great tool Peter. Thank you.