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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: 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 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

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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]
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Color Scheme: Complementary [link]
Color Scheme: Split-Complemetary [link]
Color Scheme: Triadic [link]
Color Scheme: Square Tetrad [link]

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~RaineShinra Dec 13, 2011

Thanks. It explains color combining much better.

~ChocoladeVanille Jul 29, 2011 Student Filmographer

That last pic is really gorgeous. You've managed to make great examples, they make everything so much clearer. I feel like I've learned so much

*Ctykty Jul 6, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

These are absolutely amazing! I feel I have a much better grasp of everything now than I did when I took art classes. Thank you very much for taking the time to make these

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