COLORS AFFECT PEOPLE› PHYSICALLY › MENTALLY› COLORS CAN SET THE MOOD › THE MOST POWERFUL DESIGN ELEMENT

YOU CAN INCORPORATE INTO ARCHITECTURE

ACHROMATIC – FREE OF COLOR

CHROMATIC – HAVING COLOR

POLY CHROMATIC – HAVING MANY COLORS

Monochromatic› Refers to the use of one hue with naturals,

or light to dark of the same color

A neutral color is defined as being a color of very low saturation, close to gray. Black, white, gray and sometimes brown are considered to be "neutral."

TINTS – ADDING WHITE TO A PURE HUE

ADDING GRAY TO A PURE HUE

SHADES– ADDING BLACK TO A PURE HUE

DID YOU KNOW THAT SIR ISSAC NEWTON DESIGNED THE FIRST CIRCULAR COLOR WHEEL IN 1666?

WHY IS THE COLOR WHEEL SET UP IN THIS PARTICULAR ORDER?

THEY RYB COLOR MODEL

› RED› YELLOW› BLUE

A COMBO OF TWO ADJACENT PRIMARY COLORS TO CREATE A NEW ONE.

› RED+YELLOW=ORANGE

› RED + BLUE = VIOLET› BLUE + YELLOW =

GREEN

CREATED BY MIXING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COLORS› RED-VIOLET› BLUE-VIOLET› BLUE-GREEN› YELLOW-GREEN› YELLOW-ORANGE› RED-ORANGE

COOL COLORS› IMPRESSION OF

CALM AND SOOTHING

WARM COLORS › VIVID AND

ENERGETIC› THEY ADVANCE IN

SPACECOOL COLORS

COLORS OPPOSITE OF EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL

CAN BE HIGH CONTRAST, BUT VIBRANT.

MUST BE MANAGED WELL

DO NOT OVER USE

USES COLORS THAT ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL.

FOUND IN NATURE PLEASING TO THE EYE ONE COLOR SHOULD

DOMINATE, THE SECOND SUPPORTS, THE THIRD IS AN ACCENT

COLORS EVENLY SPACED AROUND THE WHEEL

ARE VIBRANT ONE COLOR

SHOULD DOMINATE, THE OTHER TWO WILL ACCENT

VARIATION OF THE COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME

TOW COLORS ADJACENT TO ITS COMPLEMENT

LESS TENSE THAN THE COMPLEMENARY

GOOD CHOICE FOR BEGINNERS

USES A RECTANGULAR COLOR SCHEME

VERY RICH IN COLOR

TWO COMPLEMENTARY PAIRS

LET ONE COLOR BE DOMINATE

SIMILAR TO THE RECTANGULE, BUT FOUR COLORS ARE EVENLY SPACED

LET ONE COLOR DOMINATE

WARM AND COOL COLORS NEED TO BE BALANCED