Color Harmony

Follow up questions:

1. What is harmony?

2. What is color harmony?

3. Why is color harmony important in creating a

design?
Color Harmony
- Harmony itself is simply a pleasing
arrangement of different things.
Thus, color harmony is easily
defined as the combining of colors
in order to produce a pleasing
effect. It helps avoid any visual
clutter or chaos and enhances the
visual experience of the objects to
its viewer.
Color Theory
- The color of the garment is usually
the first reason to attract you. You
should know the best color
combination for your design. You
must study the color wheel on how
to match color with its intensity and
value. And you must also learn the
terms and rules that apply to colors.
The Color Wheel
Primary Colors
- The sources of
all colors.
Thousands of
colors in the
world, they are
all made up of
these colors.

• Red
• Yellow
• Blue
 Secondary Colors
Colors that are
created from
mixing equal
amounts of a pair
of primary colors.

For example:

red + yellow = orange

red + blue = violet
yellow + blue = green
Intermediate Colors
Colors made from
equal amounts of a
pair of primary and
secondary colors

• Yellow-Green
• Yellow-Orange
• Blue-Green
• Blue-Violet
• Red-Violet
• Red-Orange
 Pure Colors
Pure Colors are the primary, secondary and
intermediate colors because they have no
white, black and gray. Pure colors are also
called normal, true and basic colors.
 Tints
Tints are lightened colors. When pure colors
are mixed with white, they are made lighter.
The whiter you add, the lighter the color
will be. Tints are also called ―pastels.

Example :
• Pink
• Light yellow
• Light blue
 Shades
Shades are darkened colors. when pure
colors are mixed with black, they are made
darker. This is an example of a value scale
for the shades of blue.

Example :

Navy Blue Maroon

 Grayed Colors
Grayed colors are also referred to as soft
colors or dull colors. The grayer you add,
the duller the color will be.

Example :
 Neutral Colors
These are white, black and gray. The more grayed
colors become the more different colors it will
harmonize with.
 Cool Colors
Cool Colors – are green, blue-green, blue,
blue-violet, violet.
• Blue is the coolest color.
Note the cool color
scheme in this
painting (greens,
purples and blues).
 Warm Colors
Warm colors – are red, red-orange, orange,
yellow-orange, and orange.
• Red is the warmest color. They are also
adjacent in the color wheel.
This is an illustration
of the use of warm
colors - reds,
oranges and
yellows.
 Qualities of Colors
Hue – is the family group name of a color. It
is the name of a color. Ones they are
combined differently and given new
names.

Value – refers to the lightness or the tint or

the darkness of the shade.
Intensity – means the brightness or
dullness of a color. When you refer to a
color bright or very bright, dull or very dull,
you are describing its intensity.
Instructions: Read the statements carefully.
Select the best answer from the given
choices and write your answer in your TLE
Activity notebook.

1. Which of the following is the result when

pure colors are mixed with white?

A. grayed C. neutrals
B. shades D. tints
Instructions: Read the statements carefully.
Select the best answer from the given
choices and write your answer in your TLE
Activity notebook.

2. How will you describe primary colors?

A. They are the sources of all colors.

C. They are dull colors.
B. They are adjacent in the color wheel.
D. They are pastel colors.
Instructions: Read the statements carefully.
Select the best answer from the given
choices and write your answer in your TLE
Activity notebook.

3. These colors are produced by mixing two

equal amounts of primary colors.

A. primary colors C. color wheel

B. secondary colors D. intermediate colors
Instructions: Read the statements carefully.
Select the best answer from the given
choices and write your answer in your TLE
Activity notebook.

4. When pure colors are mixed with black,

they are made darker.

A. shade C. neutral
B. value D. intensity
Instructions: Read the statements carefully.
Select the best answer from the given
choices and write your answer in your TLE
Activity notebook.

5. What is the result, when red is mixed with

yellow?

A. green C. violet
B. blue D. orange