Foundation in Design (2013)

By Tang An-Gie


Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Colour

Hue

One of the main properties of colour can be described as similar to or different form stimuli that are described as red, green, blue and yellow.




 

 

 Value

Defined as the relative lightness or darkness of a colour. It defines form and creates spatial illusions.









 

 

 Saturation

Determined by a combination of light intensity and how much it is distributed across the spectrum of different wavelength.













Secondary Colour
Is a colour formed by mixing two primary colours in a given colour space.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tertiary Colour

Is a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours.







 

 

 

 

Complementary Colour

Are pairs of colours that are of "opposite" hue in some colour model.



 

 

 

 

 

 

Analogous Colour 

Are the closest chades and tints of colour on the colour wheel. They are very soothing and easy to use when put together. For example , yellow, green and orange.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tint

Colour with white added to it. Lemon yellow is a tint of yellow.
















Shade

is a colour that has black added to it. For example, forest green is a shade of green.






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEUTRAL

combinations of whites, blacks, beiges, taupes, browns and grays.




 

 

 

 

 

 

Warm Colours

Yellow, orange and red. Make rooms appear cozier, warmer and make objects seem closer together.














Cool Colours

blues, greens and purple. They are passive, soothing, calming, airy, fresh and open up small spaces.








Blue

is associated with stability and symbolizes royalty.

 





White

is the color of cleanliness and freshness.




 

Yellow


is the colour associated with joy!









Red


is the color symbolizes passion and danger!