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Color Theory Basics

Color

  • Primary Colors Red, Blue, Yellow

  • Secondary Colors - Green, Orange, Purple

  • Tertiary Colors - Yellow-Green, Red-Orange, etc.

Color Models

RGB - Red Green Blue

HSL - Hue Saturation LIghtness

HSLA/RGBA - The A stands for opacity (transparentness)

RYB - Red Yellow Blue

CMYK - Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

HEX - Hexadecimal (base 16)

Color Harmonies

Monochromatic

One base color and uses shades/tones/tints

Complementary

Two colors from opposite side of wheel to create contrast

Split Complementary

Same as complemenetary, but one of the colors is split into two

Analogous

Two different colors positioned next to each other on color wheel

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced around the wheel

Variation

Hue

What the color actually looks like, where it is on the wheel (ex. red, yellow, etc)

Saturation

Intensity of a color (0% saturation is gray, 100% is full color)

Lightness aka. Tint/Shade

Brightness of a color (add white for tint, black for shade, gray for tone)

Temperature

Warm vs Cool colors

Meanings

-Black Death, Power

-White Purity, Peace

Warm Colors

-Red Heat, passion, danger

-Orange Energy, creative

-Yellow Happy, active

Cool Colors

-Green Nature, Healing

-Blue Calm, Wisdom

-Purple Wealth, Royalty

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