The art of harmonious color schemes

The Art HARMONIOUS COLOR SCHEMES Newton 347 years ago Sir Isaac Newton investigated the refraction of light, demonstrating that a prism could decompose whte light into a spectrum of colors, and that a lens and a second prism could recompose the multicoloured spectrum into white light. Leading him to the creation of the TIrSt harmonious Color Wheel that change the way we combine colors is our everyday life. Newton's color wheel Was created with only seven colors, the spectrum of colors he saw. Newton color Wheel Today the color wheel haye 12 colors! Important info. Then, painters, scientists, sculptors, and color theorists follow Newton's findings, creating newer and improved Harmonious Color Schemes in the Color Wheel. -T C oldest Newest 1666 2012 Harmonious Color Schemes begin with the Color Wheel 12 A groups Schemes .colors Tetrad • Red Primary Triad Blue Secondary Yellow Complimentary Split- Complimentary Analogous • Monochromatic Tertiary Orange Neutral Violet green Red-Orange Red-Violet Values Blue-Violet Blue-Green Yellow-Green Yellow-Orange Tint Tone Shade WARM COLORS COLORS Colorlink Red Blue Yellow Violet Orange green Red-Orange Red-Violet Yellow-Green Blue-Violet Yellow-Orange Blue-Green All these information are based on The new color wheel The breakdown of the Harmonious Color Schemes Schemes:// a systematic or organized configuration : design TETRAD is the combination of four colors in the color wheel. Usually combinations of two set of complimentary. Three sets of combinations in the color wheel 3. Tetrad is favorite in advertising for paint manufacturers, young apparels, and toys. Companies that uses Tetrad in their brand Google NBC Finding Tetrad schemes in the Color Wheel Colarlink Triad is the combination of three colors in the color wheel. Popular triad schemes are primary and secondary. 1 2 Four sets of combinations in the color wheel 4 Companies that uses Triad in 87% their brand Of people favor Red, Blue, and Yellow combinations. Called BURGER KING Wenpys OLD FANHINED HAMBURGERS, primary schemes. Dickies Cubrl ink Finding Triad schemes in the Color Wheel Complimentary is the combination of two colors in the color wheel. Are compliments to each other, like pig and mud. 1 3 Six Sets of combinations in 4 the color wheel 5 6. Companies that uses Complimentary in their brand Complimentary schemes are widely use among designers, artists, and fashionistas. Heineken PIZZA PAPA JOHIS Finding Complimentary schemes in the Color Wheel Split-Complimentary is the combination of three colors in the color wheel. Is one single color combined with two of its compliment of either side 1 2 4 Eleven sets of 5 combinations in the color wheel 7 8 9. 10 11 Split-Complimentary is popular with children, due to the richness in color contrast, easy Companies that uses Split-Complimentary in their brand visualization, and the right amount of colors, 3 colors. Marble MIAMI Postman Finding split- Complimentary schemes in the Color Wheel Analogous is the combination of three or four colors in the color wheel. Are colors adjacent to each other in the color wheel. 1 3 Twelve sets of 5 combinations in 6. 7 8 9. 10 11 12 the color wheel Companies that uses Analogous in their brand Analogous is favorite of interior decorators because its color values yield softer and delicate combinations. Analogous schemes sometimes are confuse with monochromatic. Finding Analogous schemes in the Color Wheel Monochromatic is the values of Tint, Tone, and Shade of each color in the color wheel. Tong Tong Green shade Shade Tint Tone Tone Yellow green Red Violet shade Shade Tone Tint Yellow Tone shade Violet TInt Shade Tone Tint Yellow orange shada Tona Blue Violet Shade Tone Orange Tint shade Tint Tone Blue Tong Red orange Shade shade Tint Tone Blue Green Shade Monochromatic is widely use to create rhythm, decoration with one single color and gradient. Rhythm Interior Decoration Finding Monochromatic schemes in the Color Wheel Learning and finding harmonious colors schemes is easy and faster with the Hue ColorLink, your handy color tool! PedeU Ciprige er Cem PTENT PEONG This infographic was designed by Herman Cerrato 2013 Copyright / All right reserved Hue ColorLink is registered trademark. Logos uses in this infographic are the property of each respective company. The use of the logos are for educational purpose to demonstrate the application of harmonious color schemes If you have any question or concern contact Herman Cerrato at: [email protected] design and business. Orian an