Color Production

The understanding of the color production can be best understood with the help of color wheel. All the colors of spectrum show a close relationship with each other on the color wheel.

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Primary Colors

Red, blue and yellow are the three primary colors which are the most purist and brightest hues of the spectrum. All other colors are derived from these primary colors.

Secondary Colors

A secondary color is produced by mixing the two primary colors in equal proportion. A mixture of red and yellow makes orange, Blue and yellow makes green and red and blue makes violet.

Tertiary Colors

 A mixture of primary color with its neighboring secondary color makes a tertiary color .Such as yellow – green, blue- green, blue – violet, red – violet, red – orange and yellow – orange.

There are total three primaries, three secondary and six tertiary color in the color wheel .However many more colors can be made by adding black and white to any color to make the tints and shades of that color.

Color Schemes

Color schemes facilitate in assembling a set of colors that are synchronize or contrast well with each other. A color scheme looks good and also creates a feeling of wellbeing to the onlooker. There are different types of color schemes they are as follows –

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Monochromatic Color Scheme

The color scheme which uses single color is monochromatic color scheme. In this color scheme various darker shades, grayer tones and paler tints of a single hue may be included, such as pink red and maroon.

Analogous Color Scheme

The combination of colors next to each other on a color wheel makes an analogous color scheme, such as red – orange and orange, blue – green and blue, and blue violet and violet.

Complementary Color Scheme

The colors which are placed opposite to each other in a color wheel are known as complementary color scheme, such as red and green, blue and orange, yellow and orange and blue and violet.

Split Complementary Color Scheme

Colors that are opposite to each other on a color wheel are considered to be as complementary, and the color when used with the two colors on each side of the complementary color produce the spilt complementary. Examples are yellow with red – violet and blue violet or red with blue – green and yellow – green.

Triad Complementary Colors

Three colors placed equidistant on the color wheel are known as triad color scheme, such as yellow, red and blue and many more.