COLOR THEORY CHEAT SHEET THE COLOR WHEEL COLOR THEORY TERMS UNDERTONES

[Pages:1]COLOR THEORY CHEAT SHEET

THE COLOR WHEEL

The most basic starting point of color theory is the color wheel. The color wheel is made up of 12 colors.

COLOR THEORY TERMS

Hue: another word for color Tint: adding white to a color Tone: adding gray to a color Shade: adding black to a color Cool Colors: greens, blues and violets Warm Colors: reds, oranges and yellows

UNDERTONES

Even if you love to decorate with neutrals, you are actually decorating with color because every shade of neutral other than pure white and pure black is a color and has a color undertone.

One simple trick to finding the undertone of something is to hold up your color wheel to it and see what color it most looks like. That is the undertone.

4 MAIN COLOR SCHEMES

This color scheme uses any one color and its shades, tints or tones. This scheme is very easy to implement & is a good place to start if you are unsure of yourself & your color choice, or if you like a subdued & sub-

This color scheme uses any two colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. This scheme is typically a high contrast look with colors such as red and green or orange and blue.

This color scheme utilizes one main color and then the two colors on either side of it's opposite. It offers rather a dramatic look.

WWW.AKADESIGN.CA

This color scheme uses one main color and up to six neighbors next to it on the color wheel.

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download