PSS 123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Complementary Colors, Color Theory

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Plant & Soil Science
• Course: PSS 123
• Professor: Leonard P.Perry

Document Summary

Color is a lot more complicated than it seems at first glance. Based on the colors that that pollinator can see. Perceptions of color vary by gender and in between individuals in humans, the time of day, and amount of light. Most are familiar with the artist"s color wheel, though, which has six main divisions: red, blue, yellow, green, orange and violet. If you combine all of the colors of the artist"s color wheel it creates a muddy gray, but if the three main reflective colors are actually combined together it creates white. More reflected light creates a tint, while less reflected light creates a shade. Using various values of one color altogether creates a monochromatic color scheme. Using more than one color is polychromatic, which is done in most gardens. Effects of colors outdoors are largely the same as indoors: warm colors are red, orange and yellow, while blue , green and violet are cool colors.