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Color Theory: PURPLE

1. General
- Any of a number of similar colors occurring between blue and red; this color is sometimes confused with the more narrowly-defined spectracl color violet
- Hex triplet: #800080
- sRGB: 128, 0, 128

2. Purple versus Violet
- The color terms purple and violet cause confusion for many people, and they are often used interchangeably in casual conversation. Technically, purple when used as a general term in its most general sense is the name of the color group of many related colors such as violet, red-violet, heliotrope, lavender, mauve, magenta, rose, indigo and lilac. Indigo is a blue-purple; lilac is a light purple; mauve is be

Color Theory: WHITE

1. General
- Combination of all colors of the visible light spectrum
- Hex triplet: #FFFFFF
- sRGB: 255, 255, 255

2. Psychology
- Aids mental clarity
- Encourages us to clear clutter or obstacles
- Evokes purification of thoughts or actions
- Enables fresh beginnings

3. Found In…
Culture:
- Africa: color of mourning
- Ancient China: is one of the main five classical colors; symbol of metal, autumn, west
- China: color of mourning
- India: mourning, peace, purity
- Japan: traditional color worn by brides
- Thailand: associated with Sunday on the Thai solar calendar. Anyone may wear red on Sundays, and anyone born on a Sund

Color Theory: GREY

1. General
- Describes an color between white and black
- Hex triplet: #808080
- sRGB: 128, 128, 128

2. Psychology
- Unsettles
- Creates expectations

3. Found In…
Culture:
- Representative of pessimism

Religion:
- Christianity: represents mourning and repentance

4. Companies/Brands

5. Varieties
Shades:
- Arsenic
- Bistre
- Black
- Charcoal
- Davy’s grey
- Feldgrau
- Liver
- Medium Taupe
- Pale Taupe
- Payne’s grey
- Purple Taupe
- Seal brown
- Silver
- Slate grey
- Taupe
- Taupe grey
- White

- Arsenic: (#3B444B) (59, 68, 75); color of the element

- Bistre *see Brown: (#3D2B1F) (61, 43, 3

Color Theory: RED

1. General
- Any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye
- Additive and subtractive primary
- Complementary to cyan (additive light); complementary to green (subtractive color)
- Wavelength: 625-740 nm
- Frequency: 480-405 THz
- Hex triplet: #FF0000
- sRGB: 255, 0, 0

2. Psychology
- Energy, blood
- Anger, passion, love
- Increases enthusiasm
- Encourages action and confidence
- Provides a sense of protection

3. Found In…
Art:
- Interior design and fashion: shades of red are described by reference to the colors of fruits and veg

Color Theory: GREEN

1. General
- Any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting somewhat of the midle wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye
- Additive primary and subtractive seconday
- Complementary to magenta (additive light); complementary to red (subtractive color)
- Wavelength: 520-570 nm
- Hex triplet: #00FF00
- sRGB: 0, 255, 0

2. Psychology
- Sickness
- Soothes
- Relaxes mentally, as well as physically
- Helps alleviate depression, nervousness, and anxiety
- Offers a sense of renewal, self-control, and harmony

3. Found In…
Culture:
- Worldwide color used to represent safety
- China: jade stones represent virt

Color Theory: BLACK

1. General
- Absence of light in any part of the visible spectrum
- Hex triplet: #000000
- sRGB: 0, 0, 0

2. Psychology
- Is mysterious by evoking a sense of potential and possibility
- Makes one feel inconspicuous
- Provides a restful emptiness

3. Found In…
Culture:
- Color of prestige
- Color of seriousness and authority
- Ancient China: is one of the main five classical colors; symbol of water, winter, north
- China: traditional clothing color for boys
- England: traditional color of taxi cabs
- Kenya: associated with rain clouds
- Rastafari: seen as beautiful
- West: color of mourning

Holidays:
- Halloween: along wi

Color Theory: PINK

1. General
- Combination of red and white
- Hex triplet: #FFC0CB
- sRGB: 255, 192, 203

2. Psychology
- Encourages action and confidence
- Has been used in prison holding cells to effectively reduce erratic behavior
- Stimulate energy and can increase the blood pressure, respiration, heartbeat, and pulse rate

3. Found In…
Culture:
- Japan: masculine association
- Western: articles of clothing for female infants

Religion:
- Christianity: signifies happiness and joy in Catholicism

Holidays:
- Valentine’s Day: in combination with the colors red, pink, and/or magenta

Sexuality:
- Often used to represent homosexuality
-

Color Theory: BROWN

1. General
- Is a color which is a dark yellow, orange, or red, of low luminance relative to lighter or white colored objects
- Hex triplet: #964B00
- sRGB: 150, 75, 0

2. Psychology
- Stabilizes
- Supplies a feeling of wholeness
- Provides a connection with the earth
- Gives a sense of orderliness

3. Found In…
Culture:
- India: color of mourning because it resembles dying leaves

Holidays:
- Thanksgiving: in combination with the color brown

4. Companies/Brands
- UPS
- Hershey’s

5. Varieties
Pigments:
- Bistre
- Sienna
- Umber

Shades:
- Auburn
- Beige
- Bistre
- Bole
- Buff
- Burgundy
- Burnt sienna
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Color Schemes: Analogousby ~ArcherSemine

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Felt like doing some more tutorials. This time I'm covering color schemes. I categorized this as misc. because it's not restrictive to digital vs. traditional medium, or to any particular program. Anyone can use this information.

Color Scheme: Basics [link]
Color Scheme: Warm and Cool [link]
Color Scheme: Complementary [link]
Color Scheme: Split-Complemetary [link]
Color Scheme: Triadic [link]
Color Scheme: Square Tetrad [link]
Color Scheme: Rectangular Tetrad [link]

~photonline May 15, 2013

interesting thanks!

~ChocoladeVanille Jul 29, 2011 Student Filmographer

you're such a great teacher, love all of these tutorials on colour! Thanks for all the effort you put into this

~xXTedyBearXx Jun 9, 2011

great!!!
this helps alot - thank you for putting all this work into it

!pragzz13 May 7, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

great tut! very helpful!!!!!

!pragzz13 May 7, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

great tut! very helpful!!!!!

=RipperBlackstaff Apr 9, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thank you for the tutorial!

=parox-ysm Apr 7, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

This is really great! I LOVE the green and brown pallet you used for my picture.
This looks like it took a lot of work and it has a lot of valuable and useful information. Great job!

~ArcherSemine Apr 7, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thank you! I'm glad I could color your piece to your liking.

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