Color 101

COLOR

  • Color provides information
  • Color creates identity
  • Color creates contrast
  • Color helps organize
  • Color attracts and adds visual interest

Color schemes (mixing colors)

Contrasting color schemes:

  • Complementary (two opposite colors)
  • Triad (three colors equidistant from each other)

Related color schemes:

  • Monochromatic (single hue with tints and shades)
  • Analogous (adjacent hues)

Color models

RGB (additive):

  • Light
  • Digital media
  • Percent of color between 0 to 255

CMYK (subtractive):

  • Pigment
  • Full color/process printing
  • Percent of color between 0 to 100

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