Color Theory 101Color Theory 101
Color Theory 101 Just when you thought it was safe to use the 216 web safe colors available to you… Along come millions of other colors to add to the confusion…
Color Theory 101 Some of the things we’ll cover… –Primary Colors –Color Perception / Color Blindness –Elements of a Color –Color Relationships –Website Coloring –Color and Emotions
Color Theory 101 Types of Primary Colors –Painter’s Colors (Traditional Primaries) –Subtractive Colors –Additive Colors
Color Theory 101 Painter’s Color Wheel (R-Y-B)
Color Theory 101 Subtractive Colors (R-G-B)
Color Theory 101 Additive Colors (C-M-Y-K)
Color Theory 101 Color Perception –It’s all relative… Age can be an issue Environment can affect perception –(EX: Laptop vs Projector) Color Blindness Past experiences (favorites?)
Color Theory 101 Color Normal Color Deficient Dichromatic Color Blindness
Color Theory Color Normal Color Deficient Dichromatic Color Blindness
Color Theory 101 The 3 Elements of a Color –Value –Saturation –Hue
Color Theory 101 Value Elements of a Color
Color Theory 101 Value This property of color tells us how light or dark a color is based on how close it is to white
Color Theory 101 Value
Color Theory 101 Value
Color Theory 101 Value
Color Theory 101 Value
Color Theory 101 Value
Color Theory 101 Value
Color Theory 101 Saturation Elements of a Color
Color Theory 101 Saturation Saturation refers to how vivid and intense a color is
Color Theory 101 Saturation
Color Theory 101 Hue Elements of a Color
Color Theory 101 Hue The technical name for color Describes the position of a color on a classic color wheel Used to name the color (Yellow, Orange, Red, etc.)
Color Theory 101 Painter’s Color Wheel Secondary Colors Primary Colors
Color Theory 101 Warm / Cool Colors Tertiary Colors COOL WARM Painter’s Color Wheel
Color Theory 101 Color Relationships Analogous Complimentary
Color Theory 101 Color Relationships Triadic Split Complimentary
Color Theory 101 Color Relationships Square Rectangular
Color Theory 101 Website Coloring Hexadecimal and Web Safe Colors
Color Theory 101 Website Coloring Photoshop color picker GIMPShop, Pixie, etc.
Color Theory 101 Website Coloring Sites to Test Colors –CSS Style Editor for the Weather Display/PHP/AJAX Website Template Set –kuler (Adobe Color Picker)
Color Theory 101 Color Emotions Red - Stimulates adrenaline and blood pressure, dramatic and rich, the color of passion. Orange - Active and energetic. Represents sunshine, enthusiasm and creativity. Yellow - Highly active and visible. Associated with happiness and energy. Green - Found in nature, is a soothing color, easier on the eyes than yellow, orange, or red. Blue - Calming, can reduce appetite, symbolizes intelligence, openness and faith. Purple - Associated with royalty and power.
Color Theory 101 Q&A Don Grcic Mary Grcic
Color Theory 101 Software training online-tutorials for Adobe, Microsoft, Apple & more –Lynda Weinman - Web Safe Colors –Bruce Heaven - Working with Color – Non-Dithering Colors in Browsers –The Browser-Safe Web Palette – Basic color schemes - Introduction to Color Theory – Reference Sites
Color Theory 101 Color Picker Hexadecimal color code generator – Back To Font Web Color Picker – Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design – CSS Style Editor for the Weather Display/PHP/AJAX Website Template Set – Reference Sites
Color Theory 101 kuler (Adobe Color Picker) – Color Scheme Designer 3 – Color Wheel - Color Scheme Randomizer - Color Theory for web designers – ColorBlender.com Your free online color matching toolbox – Reference Sites
Color Theory 101 HTML Color Codes – Kira's Web Toolbox Web Color Picker (Kuler swatches) – Part of color theory class from Dundean Studios – Color Wheel Version 2.1 (4096) – Reference Sites
Color Theory 101 GIMPshop.com - A GIMP hack by Scott Moschella – html color codes | Find best color Combinations – Colorblind Homepage – Reference Sites
Color Theory 101 The Principles of Beautiful Web Design by Jason Beard –ISBN-10: Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors by Betty Edwards –ISBN-10: Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media by Jim Krause –ISBN-10: Books