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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 3 Monochromatic 3 Analogous • Contrasting - Colors from distant parts of the wheel 3 Complementary 3 Split complementary 3 Triadic
Monochromatic • Mono = one • Chroma = color One color!
Monochromatic This design uses various tints, tones and shades of red
Monochromati c 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
• What is the color scheme of this design?
• Analagous
• What is the color scheme of this design?
• Triadic