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Color Harmonies Guide
- 1. Color Harmonies Leila Lee Mitchell Color Schemes • Scheme / Palette = selection of specific base hues • Vary these hues through value, intensity, proportion • Goal = Harmony Leila Lee Mitchell 1
- 2. Color Schemes • Simple Harmonies • Opposing / Contrasting Harmonies • Balanced Color Harmonies Leila Lee Mitchell Simple Harmonies Achromatic • Use of Black, white, or very low saturated hue. Leila Lee Mitchell 2
- 3. Simple Harmonies Monochromatic • Use of a single hue with varying values and saturation. Leila Lee Mitchell Simple Harmonies Analogous • Color Family • Beside each other on a color wheel • Includes same hue. Leila Lee Mitchell 3
- 4. Simple Harmonies Analogous Leila Lee Mitchell Contrasting Harmonies Complementary • Perfectly balanced • Opposite in the color wheel. • Distinctive Strengths: – V+Y = wide value range – R+G = extreme agitation – O+B = wide temperature Leila Lee Mitchell 4
- 5. Contrasting Harmonies Warm / Cool • 4 hues = neighboring pair of warm and cool • Cool = V ⇒ G • Warm = R ⇒ Y • Either way = RV & YG depending on what it is paired with Leila Lee Mitchell Contrasting Harmonies Double Complementary • More structured than Warm/Cool • 2 adjacent complementary pairs = 4 hue contrasting scheme Leila Lee Mitchell 5
- 6. Contrasting Harmonies Split Complementary • 3 hues • 2 = surrounding colors of a complement • Can also be considered as a Balanced Color Harmony Leila Lee Mitchell Balanced Harmonies Triad • Color Chords • Equilateral Triangle in color circle • High Hue variety and balanced. Leila Lee Mitchell 6
- 7. Balanced Harmonies Triad Leila Lee Mitchell Balanced Harmonies Tetrad • Balanced 4 Hue Scheme • Square or rectangle within color wheel • High Hue Variety and Flexibility. Leila Lee Mitchell 7
- 8. Balanced Harmonies Tetrad Leila Lee Mitchell Keyed Color Harmony Color Keys • describe a range of value and saturation • A palette can be created with all the same value or saturation keys. Leila Lee Mitchell 8
- 9. Additional Color Harmonies • Simple: Variation of 2-4 hues • High and Low Saturation: all high or low saturation hues • Neutral with accents: Achromatic with 1 or 2 accent strong hue • Light and Dark Value: hues keyed to same value • Limited Hue Saturation: 1-3 hues + greys (tones) • Chromatic Gradation: pure hues + gradation between • Value Gradation: 2-4 hues + light to dark value variations Leila Lee Mitchell Color Harmony in Art & Design Leila Lee Mitchell 9
- 10. Analogous Scheme with Phenomena Shield and Green touches of Complementary Paul Jenkins, 1969 color Leila Lee Mitchell Tetrad Scheme Emile Nolde, 1969 Leila Lee Mitchell 10
- 11. Complementary Scheme AIGA Atlanta Big Night Poster Ted Fabella, 1969 Leila Lee Mitchell Monochromatice Scheme Two Little Circus Girls with touches of achromatic for Auguste Renoir, 1879 emphasis Leila Lee Mitchell 11
- 12. Chromatic Gradation, Kansas City Events Posters Analogous, Triad Schemes Jon Muller Leila Lee Mitchell Monochromatic Scheme Thoughts of Summer Robert Lazuka, 1999 Leila Lee Mitchell 12
- 13. Analogous Scheme Ka-ching.com Website Leila Lee Mitchell Complementary Scheme Titler.com Website Leila Lee Mitchell 13
- 14. Split-Complementary Spring in the Chateau du Repas Scheme Noriyoshi Ishigooka, 1987 Leila Lee Mitchell Varying Schemes Hafele America Company Ads Charlie Elberson Leila Lee Mitchell 14
- 15. Varying Schemes Briarwood Mall Billboards Perich & Partners Leila Lee Mitchell Resources Color Workbook Becky Koenig Minimal Graphics Catherine Fishel Art Fundamentals Ocvirk, Stinson, Wigg, Bone Launching the Imagination Mary Stewart Fresh Styles for Web Designers Curt Cloninger Leila Lee Mitchell 15