Session 2018-19

Topic:-
Color Schemes & Window Displays

• Name:- PRACHI BATHAM

• CLASS:- Fashion Business Management
The Color Wheel

• The color wheel is a

means of organizing the
colors in the spectrum.
• The color wheel consists
of 12 sections, each
containing one hue.
 The Primary Color

• The primary colors are, red,

yellow and blue and are
the purest and most
intense of all the colors.
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The Secondary Color

• The secondary colors are

orange, green and violet and
are duller than the primaries
because they have been
mixed together.
• Primary + Primary =
Secondary

Red + yellow = orange

Blue + yellow= green

Red + blue = violet

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 The Tertiary Color
• These 6 colors are formed
by mixing a primary and a
secondary color.
• Primary + Secondary =
Tertiary
yellow + orange=yellow-orange
red + orange = red-orange

Red + violet = red-violet

Blue + violet = blue-violet

Blue + green = blue-green

Yellow + green = yellow-green

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 The Additive Primary Color

• Additive color is a method to

create color by mixing a
number of different
light colors, with shades of red,
green, and blue being the most
common primary colors used
in the additive color system.
Also know as RGV.
• Green + red = yellow
• Red + blue = magenta
• Blue + green = cyan
 The Subtractive Primary Color
• In contrast to combining the
additive primary colors of red,
green, and blue to make
white, subtractive primary
colors is a four-color printing
process that uses cyan,
magenta, yellow and black. This
is often referred to as CMYK.
• Cyan + magenta + yellow =
Black
• Magenta + yellow = red
• Magenta + cyan = blue
• Cyan + yellow = green
 The Warm and Cool Colors
• Warm colors are vivid & energetic
& are tends to advance in space.
 Yellow
 Yellow-orange
 Orange
 red-orange
 Red
 Red-violet
 Cool colors gives impression of calm &
create a soothing effect.
 yellow-green
 green
 blue-green
 blue
 blue-violet
 violet
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Warm Color
Cool color
 Neutral colors
• Neutral colors don't usually show up on
the color wheel. Neutral colors include black, white,
gray, and sometimes brown and beige. They are
sometimes called “earth tones.”
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 Tints, Shades & Tones

• Tints :- when we add white to a

pure hue.
• Shades :- when we add black to
a hue.
• Tones :- when we add grey to a
pure hue.
 Some basic color schemes
• Complimentary Color Scheme
• Analogous Color Scheme
• Triadic Color Scheme
• Split complimentary Color Scheme
• Rectangle Color Scheme
• Square Color Scheme
• Achromatic Color Scheme
• Monochromatic Color Scheme
 The Complementary
Color Scheme

• Complementary colors are colors

that are opposite each other on
the color wheel.
• Here in image green and red are
complementary
• A complement absorbs all the
light waves the other color
reflects and is the strongest
contrast to the color.
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 The Analogous Color Scheme

• Analogous color
schemes use colors that are
next to each other on
the color wheel. They usually
match well and create serene
and comfortable designs.
• Example- yellow-green, yellow,
yellow-orange.
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 Triadic Color Scheme

• A triadic color
scheme uses colors that are
evenly spaced around
the color wheel. Triadic color
harmonies tend to be quite
vibrant, even if you use pale
or unsaturated versions of
your hues.
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 The Split Complementary
Color Scheme

The split-complementary color

scheme is a variation of
the complementary color
scheme. In addition to the
base color, it uses the
two colors adjacent to
its complement. This color
scheme has the same strong
visual contrast as
the complementary color
scheme, but has less tension.
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 Rectangle Color Scheme

• The rectangle color scheme

four colors arranged in two
complementary pairs
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 Square Color Scheme

The square color scheme has

four colors spaced evenly
around the color circle.
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 Achromatic Color cheme

• An achromatic color
scheme is simply
colorless scheme possessing
no hue, using only black,
white and gray.
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 The Monochromatic Color Scheme

• Monochromatic colors are

one color(hue) with the
tints and shades of that
color.
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