 The color wheel or color circle is the basic tool for combining colors.  The first circular color diagram was designed by Sir Isaac Newton in  A color wheel or colour circle is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, which shows the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors etc.

COLOR TERMS Color Harmony: using colors in a pleasing way. Color Scheme: the make up of colors Hue: color, any color Intensity: the brightness and dullness of a color Value: the lightness or darkness of a color.

TYPES OF COLOR SCHEMES:  MONOCROMATIC COLOR SCHEMES  PRIMARY COLOR SCHEMES  SECONDARY COLOR SCHEMES  TERTIARY COLOR SCHEMES  ACHROMATIC COLOR SCHEMES  ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEMES  TRIADIC COLOR SCHEMES  TETRADIC COLOR SCHEMES  COMPLEMENTARY COLORS SCHEMES  SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY COLORS SCHEMES  WARM COLORS SCHEMES & COOL COLORS SCHEMES

MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEMES  Monochromatic colors are all the colors of a single hue.  Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints.  Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker color, gray or black.

PRIMARY COLOR SCHEMES Colors at their basic essence; those colors that cannot be created by mixing others. For example: Red,Blue & Yellow

SECONDARY COLOR SCHEMES A secondary color is a color made by mixing two primary colors in a given color space.

TERTIARY COLOR SCHEME A tertiary color is a color made by mixing full saturation of one primary color with half saturation of another primary color and none of a third primary color. A tertiary color is a color made by mixing full saturation of one primary color with half saturation of another primary color and none of a third primary color.

ACHROMATIC COLOR SCHEMES  Any color that lacks strong chromatic content is said to be unsaturated, achromatic.  Near neutrals include browns, tans, pastels and darker colors.

ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEMES Analogous colors are groups of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, with one being the dominant color, which tends to be a primary or secondary color, and a tertiary. Red, orange, and red-orange are examples

TRIADIC COLOR SCHEME Triadic color schemes. They're simply made of 3 that are equidistant from each other on the color wheel! So each color in the scheme has three other colors between them. There are only four triadic color schemes!

TETRADIC COLOR SCHEME The tetradic color scheme or double complementary color scheme. This color scheme is the richest of all the schemes because it uses four colors arranged into two complementary color pairs. This scheme is hard to harmonize; if all four colors are used in equal amounts, the scheme may look unbalanced, so you should choose a color to be dominant or subdue the colors.

COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined, cancel each other out. This means that when combined, they produce a grey-scale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those particular two colors. Due to this striking color clash, the term opposite colors is often considered more appropriate than "complementary

SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY COLOR SCHEME The split-complementary (also called Compound Harmony) color scheme is a variation of the complementary color scheme. In addition to the base color, it uses the two "Analogous" colors adjacent to its complement. Split- complementary color scheme has the same strong visual contrast as the complementary color scheme, but has less pressure.

WARM COLORS & COOL SCHEME The color circle can be divided into warm and cool colors: Warm colors are vivid and energetic, and tend to advance in space. Cool colors give an impression of calm, and create a soothing impression. White, black and gray are considered to be neutral.

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