<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Color Wheel</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.colormagix.org/includes/images/favicon.png"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../includes/style.css"/> <meta content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <meta name="Keywords" content="color palette, color, color library, free color palettes"/> <meta name="Description" content="You can learn all there is to know about color theory."/> <!--[if lte IE 6]> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.colormagix.org/includes/ie6block.js"></script> <![endif]--> </head> <body> <div id="page"> <div id="header"> <div id="headerimg"> <a href="../images/header.png"> <img alt="header" src="../images/header.png" width="835" height="130"/> </a> </div> </div> <?php include '../includes/navigation.php'; ?> <div id="wrapper"> <?php include '../includes/menu.php'; ?> <div id="content" class="narrowcolumn"> <div class="post"> <h2> <a rel="bookmark">Color Wheel</a> </h2> <script type="text/javascript"> google_ad_client = "pub-5447213683282312"; /* 336x280, created 5/23/10 */ google_ad_slot = "1205971355"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p align="left">The color wheel is composed of logically arranged sequence of pure hues. The amount of colors presented in the color wheel can vary from three, six, to any factor of three. The most basic color wheel is composed of the primary colors or hues red, blue and yellow. These primary colors cannot be derived from any combination of other colors. On the other hand, all the colors can be derived by mixing these colors a mixture of red and yellow would produce orange; a mixture of red and blue would produce purple; and a mixture of yellow and blue would produce green. The products of these specific mixtures are called the secondary colors. These secondary colors could then produce more colors yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green and yellow green. The range of hues that can be produced is as wide as almost infinity. These more-complex hues can be derived by varying the saturation of one or two of the hues.</p> <p>The color wheel must be arranged so as to provide a stimulating and balanced visual experience. In theory, the brain is said to reject information that is either chaotic or non-stimulating. This is the purpose of the logical structure of the color wheel- to present an arrangement of colors that is both organized and stimulating. In a simpler term, the color wheel represents harmony or balance.Because the color wheel represents harmony, is a useful tool both in explaining why nature provides such a visual experience. In a more practical application, the color wheel is most useful in selecting colors for visual design.</p> <p>Pleasing color patterns can be achieved by using any colors that are side-by-side in a 12-part color wheel. These are called analogous colors. Usually, these colors are of close hues where one of which dominates the pattern. To cite an example, a leaf of a plant has a dark shade of green, a lighter shade of green and a tinge of yellow; in most plants, the darkest shade predominates. Colors are said to complement one another when they are positioned opposite each other. Complementary colors, unlike analogous colors provide the most contrast. In other words, they are colors which are least similar. An orange shade, which is a mixture of yellow and red complements blue; a green shade, which is a mixture of blue and yellow, complements red; and a purple shade, which is a mixture of red and blue, complements yellow.</p> <h2>&nbsp;</h2> </div> <div class="navigation"></div> </div> <?php include '../includes/sidebar.php'; ?> </div> <?php include '../includes/footer.php'; ?> </div> <div></div> </body> </html>