Color Theory Blogpost

As requested, I will be spending this blog post on color theory. I have definitely been having trouble choosing colors and making they are pleasing, or right for the mood so this will definitely be helpful. From research, color theory is the relationship and meaning of colors and how to use them effectively.

Color Wheel:

The color is a visual representation of colors and their relationship to one another. The color has the basic primary colors red, yellow and blue and basically shows how they all mix together to make secondary colors orange, purple and green and then tertiary colors.
Choosing Colors/Color Relationships:

When it comes to color schemes their various types of relationships or schemes on the color that have been known to work nicely.
Monochromatic: This color scheme works off of the various tints(color with white added to it) and shades(color with black added to it) of one color.
Analogous: This color scheme works off of the colors next to a color on the color wheel. Complementary: These are color schemes based on the colors that are on opposite ends of the spectrum.
Split-complementary: This color scheme is similar to the complementary color scheme except on one end of the wheel the two colors next to the complementary color is used. This, in my opinion, is more appealing than the complementary scheme.
Triadic: On the color wheel, a triadic color scheme is based on three evenly spaced colors.
Tetradic: This color scheme is basically like I explained in split-complementary except the split occurs on both ends.
Warm Colors: Warm colors include red, yellow and orange and any color that has yellow added to it. Cool Colors: Cool colors include blue, purple and green and any color with blue added to it.
Overall, experimentation on how colors behave with one another is needed in order to find the perfect color scheme and helps with understanding saturation and values.
Color Meanings:

Red: warmth, danger, strength, confidence, can signify matters of the heart or violence
Orange: energy, optimism
Yellow: happiness, cheerfulness; desaturated yellows often signify sickness
Green: overall represents nature and wealth
Blue: peace and cleanliness along with sadness and depression
Purple: royalty, honor
Black: power, luxury, death
White: purity, goodness, perfection

Sources:
https://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/basic-color-theory https://www.canva.com/learn/color-theory/

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