Show You My True Colors!

I have always been someone who is rather particular with colors matching and i recalled when i was in poly, we attended this lesson on colors during ettiquette class which i enjoyed alot.

So I went digging for info on colors & learnt someting!



The color wheel or color circle is the basic tool for combining colors. The first circular color diagram was designed by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666.

Did you know that...

• the most common version is a wheel of 12 colors based on the RYB (or artistic) color model.

• 3 Primary colors are red, yellow and blue.
  3 Secondary colors (green, orange and purple) are created by mixing two primary colors.
  6 Tertiary colors are created by mixing primary and secondary colors

• The color circle can be divided into warm and cool colors.
  Warm colors (like red, orange) are vivid and energetic, and tend to advance in space.
  Cool colors (like green, blue) give an impression of calm, and create a soothing impression.

• White, black and gray are considered to be neutral, which are colors not in the color circle.

• Tints,Shades & Tones: If a color is made lighter by adding white, the result is called a tint. If black is added, the darker version is called a shade. And if gray is added, the result is a different tone.



• Color Schemes:

Complemenary colors scheme are those that are opposite each other on the color wheel

Analogous color schemes use colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

Triadic color scheme uses colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel (see triangle above)

• Colors affect us in numerous ways, both mentally and physically e.g when i see pink i feel happy, green i feel calm?

This is so fun, perhaps i should start a "research-of-the-month" posts to share with you all the interesting and silly stuff i read about!

End Note: My ultimate fantasy is to own a pair of shoes in every color!

Read more about colors here.
Pics from here & here