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The document discusses the impact of color on form, space, performance, and mood, highlighting cultural symbolism associated with various colors. It introduces the color wheel and categorizes colors into primary, secondary, and tertiary, explaining how they can be combined. Additionally, it outlines different color schemes used in design to create specific moods and tones.

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COLOR

The document discusses the impact of color on form, space, performance, and mood, highlighting cultural symbolism associated with various colors. It introduces the color wheel and categorizes colors into primary, secondary, and tertiary, explaining how they can be combined. Additionally, it outlines different color schemes used in design to create specific moods and tones.

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 Color can alter the

appearance of form and


space.

 Color can affect our


performance abilities and
change our moods.

 Colors can symbolize


different things around the
world
• Red & Green = Christmas
• Black = Funerals
• Purple = Royalty
• Green = Luck
The color wheel is a basic tool we use when working with colors.
Blue Blue-violet

Blue-green Violet
 There are 12
basic colors in
Green Red-violet
the spectrum
of color.
 They are
divided into
Yellow-green Red

three
Yellow Red-orange
categories…
Yellow-orange Orange
Red
Blue Blue-violet
a)
Blue-green Violet

b) Yellow
c) Blue Green Red-violet

 These colors Yellow-green Red

cannot be
combined from Yellow Red-orange

mixing any colors Yellow-orange Orange

together.
a) Green Blue Blue-violet

b) Violet Blue-green Violet

c) Orange
Green Red-violet

 Made by combining
the Primary colors Yellow-green Red

together.
Yellow Red-orange

 Blue & Yellow = Green Yellow-orange Orange

 Red & Yellow = Orange


 Red & Blue = Violet
a) Yellow-Orange
b) Yellow-Green Blue Blue-violet

c) Blue-Green Blue-green Violet

d) Blue-Violet
e) Red-Violet Green Red-violet

f) Red-Orange
 Made by Yellow-green Red

combining a
primary and a Yellow Red-orange
secondary hue.
Yellow-orange Orange
 Named by the
Primary color
FIRST.
6. Color Scheme:
A combo of colors selected
for a room design in order
to create a mood or set a
tone.
 It provides guidelines for designing
successfully with color.
 Color schemes look best when one
color dominates.
• This color scheme utilizes blacks,
whites, grays, beiges and creams.
• Mostly neutral with just a touch of
color.
 Tints and
shades of one
color on the
color wheel
•Three to five
hues next to
each other on
the color
wheel
Two colors that
are directly
opposite each
other on the
color wheel.
 One color
combined with the
two colors on each
side of its
complement.
•Three colors
that are of equal
distance apart
on the color
wheel.

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