Color Scheme and Its Effect

Concept Digest (Discussion)

PRIMARY COLORS are pure colors that cannot be produced by mixing other
colors together. Green is sometimes added as a primary color, but by
definition, only red, blue, and yellow are the true, pure primary
colors.

SECONDARY COLORS are created by mixing equal parts of two primary

colors. They are green, orange, and purple. Green is made of equal
parts of yellow and blue, orange is made of equal parts of yellow and
red. Purple is a result of mixing equal parts of red and blue.

TERTIARY OR INTERMEDIATE COLORS are the result of mixing equal parts

of a primary color and its closest secondary color. They are blue-
green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, and blue-
purple. The names indicate the colors from which they are derived.

WARM AND COOL COLORS are classified as being either cool or warm. Red,
orange, and yellow are the warm colors. Commonly considered so because
they are the colors that can be seen in the sun during different times
of the day. A warm fire also glows with red, orange, and yellow.
Incandescent and fluorescent lighting can also make a color appear to
be warm or cool.

• Warm colors advance to the viewer.

• Warm colors seem to suggest activity and vitality.

• Warm colors make fashions or accessories advance or

seem more prominent on the wearer.

The cool colors are blue, green, and violet/purple. These colors
suggest coolness as in water, trees, lawn, and shade. Cool colors are
found in streams, oceans, forests, and clear blue sky.

• Cool colors recede from the viewer. Fashions or

accessories recede or decrease attention to the area
where they are worn.

• Cool colors are associated with freshness, rest, and relaxation.

• Cool colors are easy to live with for a longer period of

time than warm colors.

They are used in hospitals or areas where the occupants are encouraged
to be calm and relaxed.
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THE EFFECTS OF COLOR

Colors we choose to wear can tell a lot about our moods and our
feelings. Color can create moods or set up an environment that allows
a person to respond a certain way or experience certain feelings.

RED Is warm, advancing, strong,

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aggressive. It indicates danger,
stop signs, and fire.
It is used to portray debt, anger,
and excitement.

Is cool, receding, aloof, tranquil,

passive, relaxing, and restful. It
BLUE indicates sadness, loneliness,
and spaciousness.
It is used to portray harmony,
organization, formality, and peace.

Is warm, advancing, happy, sunny,

YELLOW
and eye-catching. It indicates
activity and cheerfulness.
It is used to portray flightiness,
cowardliness, and cheerfulness.

Is cool, receding, calm, and fresh.

GREEN It indicates health, growth,
orderliness, and friendliness.
It is used to portray nature, good
fortune, jealousy, and moving
forward.

Is warm, advancing, happy, eye-

ORANGE catching, and full of life. It
indicates vitality and
excitement.
It is used to portray autumn,
warning signals, and danger.

Is cool and receding.

It indicates aristocracy,
VIOLET regalness, wealth, and high
positions. It is used for
ceremonial dress by royalty and
religious leaders.

Is warm (because it absorbs light),

BLACK domineering, and receding.
It indicates sophistication,
dignity, the elderly, heaviness,
somberness, gloom, death, and
wickedness.
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It is used to portray villains,
vampires, and financial solvency
(in the black), and for mourning
attire, judges’ robes, graduation
robes, limousines, and tuxedos.

Is cool (because it reflects

WHITE light), advancing, and stark.
It indicates peacefulness,
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 youthfulness, sanitation, light,
and purity.
It is used to portray innocence,
youth, and heroism, and for white
knights, health workers, and food
handlers.

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 COLOR SCHEMES

COLOR SCHEME DESCRIPTIÓN POSSIBLE COLORS

COMPLEMENTARY Colors that are Yellow -

opposite on the violet Red
color wheel. - green
Orange -
blue

TRIAD Colors that form Red-blue-yellow

a triangle on Orange-green-
the color wheel. violet

ANALOGOUS Colors that are Yellow-yellow green-

side by side on the green
color wheel.

MONOCHROMATIC One color used Maroon-red-pink

in a range of Navy-royal blue-light
values. blue

ACCENTED NEUTRAL A bright accent is Red or hot pink with

used with a neutral. black Turquoise or
orange with browns.

AMERICANA Patriotic colors. Red, white, blue

Burgundy, beige, navy

TRENDY/POPULAR Colors that are popular FluorescenVneon colors

at a given time. Country colors
Dark colors

MISCELLANEOUS Any combination Red, blue, and purple

of colors that combinations
do not fit other
color schemes.

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