Analogous Combos

This combinations are a little more easy going to the eye and ease to use in a daily bases. They are colors right next to each other and they do not make such a contrast as the complementary colors. The basic analogous colors from the color wheel are: Yellow – Orange Yellow – Orange Orange…

Color Theory – Step 4 : Color Combination

So now that we understand also how the colors stimulate different emotions let’s see how can we combine them correctly. There are some basic combination terminology that we will see in this post. The basic color combinations on the color wheel are the following: Monochrome color combination Complementary color combination Analogous color combination Split complementary…

Color Theory – Step 2 : color terminology

So now that we understand the color wheel and the names of the colors on it let’s discuss the terminology we use regarding the colors. There are 5 basic terms you need to understand: Hue vs Color Tint Shade Toned Warm / Cool So let’s start: Hue vs Color The term “hue” refers to the origin of the…

Color Theory – Step 1 : color wheel

Basics So I saw that you were particularly interested in the color palette posts and I though to create a series with color theory posts and color combination examples for you to tackle the color combination completely! But baby steps first! This first post will be dedicated to understand the color wheel colors and how…