Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Day 2, Nov. 28, 2014

Day 2

"Our Color Wheel"
Part science, part art, the color wheel is our tool for understanding which colors go with what.

The visible light waves where the Ultraviolet have shorter wavelengths like X-ray, Gamma rays, Cosmic rays and the Infrared have longer wavelengths like TV, Radio waves and Microwaves. You can notice the color it produced like Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Violet.


*Primary colors
  • Blue
  • Yellow
  • Red
 Secondary
  • Green
  • Orange
  • Violet
 And then Tertiary colors...

*Tint and Shade


Monochromatic - dark, medium, light colors

Analogous - adjacent, share strong undertones

Complement - direct opposite on the color wheel.
                        e. g.  Red & Green
Split complement - one step either way are the complement's own analogous colors.

Primary - colors like Blue, Yellow, Red

Secondary - shared two colors

CMYK - M=magenta; Y=yellow; K=kelvin (Black)

Meanings of Colors:

Blue

  • deep
  • technical
  • freedom
  • educated
  • protective
  • lonely
  • cold
  • authority
  • formal

Green

  • natural
  • adventurous 
  • relaxed
  • athletic
  • unfortunate
  • lucky
  • balance
  • safe
  • sharing

Yellow

  • creative
  • young
  • visible
  • bright
  • cheerful
  • light weight
  • curious
  • coward
  • playful
  • nutritious
  • ill
  • expanding

Orange

  • helpful
  • burning
  • cozy
  • abundant
  • warm
  • flavor
  • festive
  • active
  • excited
  • communicative
  • inspiring

Red

  • dynamic
  • vital
  • romantic
  • commanding
  • rebellious
  • complementary
  • joyful
  • visible
  •  hot
  • fun

Purple

  • intelligent
  • artistic
  • aloof
  • luxurious
  • royal
  • fantastic
  • melancholic
  • feminine
  • solemn

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