COLOR SCHEMES COMPLEMENTARY These two rooms are complementary

COLOR SCHEMES

COMPLEMENTARY These two rooms are complementary because in room one the colors are blue-green and orange with are across from each other on the color wheel and same with red and green in picture two.

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY A split-complementary color scheme uses three colors -- a base color and the two colors on the left and right of the base’s complementary color

NEUTRAL Neutral colors often consist of colors not on the color when such as white, black, brown, etc. The pictures+ above are examples of a neural color scheme because they use browns, blacks, grey, and white which are not on the color wheel.

NEUTRAL WITH AN ACCENT Neutral with an accent is constructed with neutral colors (white, brown, grey, black) with small amounts of another color (red, blue, green). The two pictures above are neutral with an accent because the use neutral colors with a pop or orange (first picture) or yellow (second picture).

ANALOGOUS Analogous color schemes use colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. The pictures above are examples of analogous because they use colors the happen to be next to each other on the color wheel.

TRIAD Triad color schemes use colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel. Picture one consists of orange, blue, and green, while the image f the right shows the colors blue, red, and yellow.

MONOCHROMATIC Monochromatic color schemes are different tones and tint of one color. Picture one uses different shades of purple, while picture two uses different shades of blue.