CTD 292 Lecture 2: Color
27 Mar 2019
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Primary: red, blue, and yellow are said to be natural. Secondary: orange, green, and violet are created by combining two primary. Tertiary: made combing a primary color with its adjacent secondary color. Color schemes and harmonies: analogous using colors next to each other, complementary using colors opposition each other, monochromatic color scheme using only one color. Properties of color: hue the general shade of the color, value or brightness lightness or darkness of a color, how much white or black is used. Intensity or saturation purity of a color (brightness/dullness) in mixing. Used to depict light and shadow of a color and visually helps show volume/form. Visual association to sources of heat and light. Objects with these colors tend to appear energetic and exciting, as well as more forward in space: cool colors. Objects with these colors will tend to appear calming and soothing, as well as farther back in space: neutral colors.
