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Color Wheel:Color Wheel:
"Color is the visual effect that is caused by the spectral composition of the light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by objects."
Analogous Colors
Complementary Colors
Color Theory:Color Theory:The human eye can see 7,000,000 colors. Some of these
are eyesores. Certain colors and color relationships can be eye irritants, cause headaches with human vision. Other colors and color combinations are soothing.
LOVE
ADVENTURE
DANGER
-Red focuses behind the retina which forces the lens grows more convex to pull it forward.
-Your eye is filled with color decoding cones.
-Some of these cones that are used to decode red become fatigued and over stimulated when you focus on red.
-Red is the color of extremes.
Did you know:
-77% of flags include RED
RED
YELLOW
OPTIMISM
FRIENDSHIP
HAPPINESS
-Pure bright lemon yellow is the most fatiguing color.
-YELLOW is an eye irritant: more light is reflected by bright colors, resulting in excessive stimulation of the eyes.
-Lighter shades of yellow can be comforting and cheerful.
Did you know:
-may give you a jolt and temporarily wake your brain up.
-the most visible color of all the colors...
BLUE
PEACE
AUTHORITY
TRUST
Blue has more complex and contradictory meanings than any other color.
Bright blue: cleanliness, strength, dependability
Light (sky) blue: peace, serenity, spiritual
Did you know:
-53% of the flags in the world contain BLUE
-It’s nature’s color for water and sky, but is rarely found in fruits and vegetables...
PURPLE
MAGIC
CREATIVITY
ROYALTY
-PURPLE is very rare in nature.
-PURPLE is also the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow .
ORANGE
HEALTH
EXCITEMENT
ENERGY
-Orange is the color of life rafts, hazard cones, and high visibility police vests...
Global Meanings of Orange:
Orange evokes the taste of healthy fruits
Orange is associated with vitamin C and good health.
Orange is symbolic of autumn.
Did you know:-ORANGE can be abrasive and crass. It’s a polarizing color.
GREEN
LUCK
FERTILITY
GROWTH
Global Meanings of Green:
Green is universally associated with nature/ecology
Traffic lights are green all over the world.