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Color Wheel and Color Theory

The Color Wheel

The color wheel is the basic building block of color theory. As a visual representation of colors based on their chromatic relationships, the wheel is traditionally based on red, yellow, and blue primary colors.

What is Color Theory?

Color theory provides a logical foundation for organizing color, and it’s especially useful for color mixing and combining colors.

Warm and Cool Colors

Warm colors range from shades of red to shades of yellow. These colors are generally considered to be “active” colors because they appear to advance from the page.

Cool colors range from shades of blue-green to blue-violet, including most shades of gray. Unlike warm colors, cool colors are generally “passive” colors, and appear to recede.

Monochromatic Color

Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker color, grey or black.

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Color Wheel and Color Theory

The Color Wheel

What is Color Theory?

Warm and Cool Colors

Warm colors range from shades of red to shades of yellow. These colors are generally considered to be “active” colors because they appear to advance from the page.

Cool colors range from shades of blue-green to blue-violet, including most shades of gray. Unlike warm colors, cool colors are generally “passive” colors, and appear to recede.

Monochromatic Color

Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker color, grey or black.

Color Wheel and Color Theory

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The Color Wheel

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What is Color Theory?

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Warm and Cool Colors

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Warm colors range from shades of red to shades of yellow. These colors are generally considered to be “active” colors because they appear to advance from the page.

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​Cool colors range from shades of blue-green to blue-violet, including most shades of gray. Unlike warm colors, cool colors are generally “passive” colors, and appear to recede.

Monochromatic Color

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Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker color, grey or black.

Cool colors range from shades of blue-green to blue-violet, including most shades of gray. Unlike warm colors, cool colors are generally “passive” colors, and appear to recede.