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COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
COLOR HARMONIES
"I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music. -Joan Miró
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies COLOR THEORY - Color Harmonies
While there are no steadfast rules for what colors should be used together, the color wheel can be used to create effective groupings of hue.
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Harmony Etymology: Greek, from harmos joint pleasing or congruent arrangement of parts Discord lack of agreement or harmony
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Monochromatic One hue and variations of that hue only.
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COLOR THEORY - Color Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Complementary Hues opposite one another on the color wheel. Complimentary color schemes have the highest contrast of the color harmonies .
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COLOR THEORY - Color Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Triadic Three hues equidistant from one another on the color wheel or chart.
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COLOR THEORY - Color Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Analogous A hue and the two hues adjacent to it.
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COLOR THEORY - Color Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Warm / Cool Color harmony based on the interaction of warm and cool colors. It is often seen in an image where the background is a monochromatic cool hue and the foreground contains a warm color.
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COLOR THEORY - Color Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Cross (Split) Complimentary A hue and the analogous colors to its compliment.
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COLOR THEORY - Color Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
ABSTRACTION
All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized.
-David Hockney
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Images can (generally) be broken down into four categories:
Naturalism
Idealism Abstraction
Non-Objective
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COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Realism, also called Naturalism
Source: from reality Product: realistic image
Content-Meaning over Form
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COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Idealism
Source: based on naturalism Product: outside order applied
Meaning highly manipulated
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COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Non-Objective
Source: not from reality Product: depicting something that
has no natural physical manifestation
Emotions Concepts
Form - Meaning without Content
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COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
Abstraction
Source: from reality Product: more interested in the underlying elements than their
representation
Form over Content
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COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
COLOR THEORY – Harmonies
