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Color Schemes. Color Harmonies. Color Schemes/Color Harmony. Pleasing choice and arrangement of colors Determined by flowers and accessory colors Green foliages and stems do not count Neutral colors do not count. Color Schemes/Color Harmony Categories. Related- Use common color to unify
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Color Schemes Color Harmonies
Color Schemes/Color Harmony • Pleasing choice and arrangement of colors • Determined by flowers and accessory colors • Green foliages and stems do not count • Neutral colors do not count
Color Schemes/Color HarmonyCategories • Related- Use common color to unify • Monochromatic • Analogous • Contrasting - Colors from distant parts of the wheel • Complementary • Split complementary • Triadic
Monochromatic One color! • Mono = one • Chroma = color
Monochromatic This design uses various tints, tones and shades of red
Monochromatic This design uses various tints, tones and shades of green
Analogous Color Scheme • Next to each other on the color wheel • Have a color in common • Three or more colors Francois Boucher Madame Marquise de la Pompadour.
Analogous Color Scheme • The bloodline of the primary parent (red) is easy to see in the “aunts, uncles and cousins” pictured in this design
Analogous Color Scheme • In this Thanksgiving design the primary color is yellow with the related red, red/orange, orange/yellow, yellow/green included. Even the color of the pie fits into the scheme
CONTRASTING SCHEMES • Visually exciting • Unrelated colors from distant part of color wheel • Artist determines correct color proportions and proper color placement
Complementary Color Scheme • Two hues directly opposite each other on the color wheel. • Contrast • Do not share a common color Vincent van Gogh
Complementary Color Scheme • Vibrate when placed side by side • Can create a focal point
Complementary Color Scheme • Opposites attract!
Split Complementary Color Scheme • Three colors • Any hue plus two hues adjacent to its complement • Offers variety
Split Complementary Color Scheme • Three colors • Red, Red-Violet, Red-Orange
Triadic Color Scheme • Three colors equally spaced on color wheel • Unrelated colors
Triadic Color Schemes • Orange, Green, Violet, and a touch of purple for a focal point • Orange, Green, Violet