Color Harmony

LO 2.
8 Principles of
LO 2.8 Principles of
Design and Color
Design and Color
Harmony
Harmony
The fi rst thing you
usually notice in a
design or your clothes or
anything is their color.
There are three basic
categories of a color
scheme that are useful
and logical: The color
wheel, color harmony,
and the context of how
colors are used.
The Color
Wheel
Classificatio
n of Colors
1. Primary Colors-
the basis of all
other colors.
These are made up
of colors:
2. Secondary Colors
are the result of mixing two equal
amounts of primary colors.
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3.Intermediate
Colors
these are the result of mixing two
equal amounts of primary and
secondary colors. For example, if you
mix equal parts of yellow (primary
color) and green (secondary color),
you will have yellow-green.
The Intermediate
Colors are
•Yellow + green = yellow green
•Blue + green = blue green
•Blue + violet = blue violet
•Red + violet = red violet
•Red + orange = red orange
•Blue + orange = blue orange

Pure Colors
• are colors that have no white, black, and gray
in them. Such as primary, secondary, and
intermediate colors.
Tints
•are pure colors that are
made lighter by mixing with
white. For example, the
whiter you add, the lighter
the pink will be. Tints are
also called "pastel."
Shades
•are pure colors that are
made darker by mixing with
black. For example, when
black is added to red, you
have maroon, a shade of red.
The blacker you add, the
darker you have.
Grayed colors
•are also referred to as
"soft colors" or "dull
colors." The grayer you
add, the duller the color
will be.
Neutrals
1.white,
2.black, and
3.gray.
Warm and Cool
Colors
Cool colors – colors that are
adjacent to each other in the
color wheel. They are green,
blue-green, blue, blue-violet,
violet. Blue is the coolest color.
Warm colors – they are red, red-

orange, orange, yellow-orange.
Red is the warmest color.
Color Harmony
Colors must appear to belong together

to create harmony because the beauty
of any color arrangement depends upon
how well the colors harmonize.
Monochromatic harmony
(One-color)
the easiest color

scheme to follow is one
that uses the same
color in diff erent values
and intensity. Example,
a dark blue suit with
very dark blue
accessories and a light
blue blouse.
Analogous color harmony
they are the

colors that
are next to
each other on
the color
wheel.
Complementary Color
Harmony
– these colors are opposite in

each other in the Color Wheel.
Using these colors may be very
pleasing.
Complementary
colors
– this is the
use of
opposite
colors in the
color wheel.
Split complementary
colors
it is a combination
of color and the
colors on each side
of its complement.
Three colors will be
used here.
Triad
this is a
combination of
three colors. The
three colors chosen
should form a
triangle with three
equal sides on the
color chart
Process Question:
• What are the Three Primary
Colors? Secondary Colors?
• White, Black and Gray are

Called?
• Pure Color added with white

Neutral is called? Added with
Black? Added with Gray?
Get the
following.
- 2 Monochromatic
harmony (One-color)
- 2 Analogous color
harmony
- 2 Complementary
colors
- 2 Split complementary
colors
- 2Triad
Thank
You!
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1. Pure colors that are
made darker by mixing
with black.
A. Tints
B. Shades
C. Pure Color
D. Neutral
2. Primary Colors- the
basis of all other colors.
A. Blue, Orange and Red

B. Blue, Yellow, and Green
C. Yellow, Red and Violet
D. Yellow, Red and Blue
3 . Blue + orange = blue
orange and
Red + orange = red
orange.
These Colors Classifi cation
is.
A. Primary Colors
B. Secondary Colors
C. Intermediate Colors
D. Neutrals Colors
4. What is the Coolest
Color?
A. Blue
B. Red
C. Orange
D. Green
5.
A. Complementary
B. Split- Complementary
C. Monochromatic
6.
A. Complementary Harmony
B. Split- Complementary harmony
C. Monochromatic Harmony
D. Triad
7. White, Black and Gray
are:
A. Pure Color
B. Neutrals
C. Secondary Colors
D. Intermediate Colors
made lighter by mixing
with white.
A. Tints
B. Shades
C. Pure Color
D. Neutral
9. What is the warmest
color?
A. Blue
B. Yellow
C. Orange
D. Red
10. A combination of
color and the colors on
each side of its
complement.
A. Complementary
C. Monochromatic
D. Triad
made darker by mixing
with black.
A. Tints
B. Shades
C. Pure Color
D. Neutral
2. Primary Colors- the
basis of all other colors.
A. Blue, Orange and Red

B. Blue, Yellow, and Green
C. Yellow, Red and Violet
D. Yellow, Red and Blue
3 . Blue + orange = blue
orange and
Red + orange = red
orange.
These Colors Classifi cation
is.
A. Primary Colors
B. Secondary Colors
C. Intermediate Colors
D. Neutrals
4. What is the Coolest
Color?
A. Blue
B. Red
C. Orange
D. Green
5.
A. Complementary
C. Monochromatic Harmony
D. Triad
6.
A. Complementary
C. Monochromatic
D. Triad
7. White, Black and Gray
are:
A. Pure Color
B. Neutrals
C. Secondary Colors
D. Intermediate Colors
made lighter by mixing
with white.
A. Tints
B. Shades
C. Pure Color
D. Neutral
9. What is the warmest
color?
A. Blue
B. Yellow
C. Orange
D. Red
10. A combination of
color and the colors on
each side of its
complement.
A. Complementary
C. Monochromatic
D. Triad

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LO 2.

•Yellow + green = yellow green

•Blue + green = blue green

•Blue + violet = blue violet

•Red + violet = red violet

•Red + orange = red orange

•Blue + orange = blue orange

Warm colors – they are red, red-

Colors must appear to belong together

the easiest color

they are the

– these colors are opposite in

• White, Black and Gray are

• Pure Color added with white

A. Blue, Orange and Red

A. Blue, Orange and Red

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