Creative Colors

Hue: The scientific term for color

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Intensity/Saturation: Determined by how heavily colored an object is.

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Value: lightness or darkness of a color.

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Primary Colors: The colors from which all other colors are generated.

Red: Danger, Passion, Love

Yellow: Caution, Happiness

Blue: Calmness, Serenity, Peacefullness

Secondary Colors: The most common colors created during mixing of primary colors.

Orange: Warmth, Change

Purple: Honor, Nobility

Green: Nature

Cool Colors: Convey calm, peacefulness

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Warm Colors: Bold, Entergetic, Excitement

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Gradiation: Where one color changes into another seamlessly

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Color Wheel: A circular arrangement of contiguous spectral hues used in many color systems.

Monochromatic Colors:

The variations of value and saturation of a single color.

Analogous Colors:

• Colors next to each other

• One color dominates; other coordinates

• Creates harmonious pictures

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Complimentary Colors:

• Two Colors opposite each other

• High Contrast

• Great for Text

• Can create harshness

Cool colors give peaceful serene feeling

Complimentary colors help gnome sections stand out

Purple gives school of Athens scholars noble feeling

High intensity yellow makes bird really stand out