Month: March 2017
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Colour Scheme
Monochromatic Single hue and it’s varying tints and shades. Analogous In addition to a single hue, it uses adjacent hues. Complementary Uses two hues opposite each other. Split Complementary Single hue and two colours adjacent to the complement. Split complimentary colour wheel Triadic Three colours equally spaced around the wheel. Tetradic Two complimentary colour pairs.
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Use of Colours
Tint of a colour made by adding white. Shade of a colour made by adding black. If two colours are opposite (on a colour wheel), they are considered complimentary, e.g. red and green. This blog post by Nancy Mitchell discusses complimentary colours in the context of decorating an apartment.
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Colour Wheel
Primary colours Red Yellow Blue Subtractive colours (occurs when mixing pigments like paint) based on what is reflected and what is absorbed. Red reflects only red light & absorbs everything else. Cannot be mixed/formed by any other colour combinations. Different primary colour combinations applicable in different ares. Standard computer monitor uses red, green & blue…