https://brightside.me/article/the-ultima...eet-92405/
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Quite often in life, you'll find that you need to come up with a combination of different colours which go well together. Perhaps you're designing the interior of a room, or maybe you're just getting dressed and want to look good. Of course, you can find combinations that work by doing some experimentation - but, is there some system for picking colours that work together? That's what the above article explores.
Above, you'll see the Itten colour circle, with all the different hues in a ring, and lighter shades on the inside (with darker ones on the outside, of course). Here are six suggested ways of using this to pick out colour combinations:
Personally, I think the complementary pairs all go together well. For example, red-purple and yellow-green is an underrated combination IMO: I had this combination on one of my Micro Machines toys as a child, and I thought it looked excellent.
On the other hand, I don't like the four-colour combinations: I think three colours is plenty. Even in the case of the three-colour combinations, I'd only use them if I wanted two main colours and an accent one.
So, what are your favourites?
(Source: Above article)
Quite often in life, you'll find that you need to come up with a combination of different colours which go well together. Perhaps you're designing the interior of a room, or maybe you're just getting dressed and want to look good. Of course, you can find combinations that work by doing some experimentation - but, is there some system for picking colours that work together? That's what the above article explores.
Above, you'll see the Itten colour circle, with all the different hues in a ring, and lighter shades on the inside (with darker ones on the outside, of course). Here are six suggested ways of using this to pick out colour combinations:
- A complementary pair - Pick two colours that are directly opposite one another (e.g. blue and orange);
- The triad - Pick three colours that are equidistant from one another, forming an equilateral triangle (e.g. purple, orange and green);
- An analogous combination - Pick a set of colours that are close to one another (e.g. purple, red-purple, red);
- A split-complementary combination - Pick any colour, plus the two adjacent to its complement (e.g. blue, red-orange and yellow-orange);
- The Tetrad - Pick two pairs of complementary colours (e.g. red, green, blue and orange);
- The square - Pick four colours at right angles to one another (e.g. red, blue-purple, green, yellow-orange).
Personally, I think the complementary pairs all go together well. For example, red-purple and yellow-green is an underrated combination IMO: I had this combination on one of my Micro Machines toys as a child, and I thought it looked excellent.
On the other hand, I don't like the four-colour combinations: I think three colours is plenty. Even in the case of the three-colour combinations, I'd only use them if I wanted two main colours and an accent one.
So, what are your favourites?
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