Wednesday 24 March 2010

Colour Schemes that can be used for my Magazine and Poster

A colour scheme is the choice of colours used in a design for a range of media. An example, the use of a white background with black text is an example of a basic color scheme in web design.
Colour schemes are used to create style and appeal. A basic colour scheme will use two colours’ that look appealing together. More advanced color schemes have three colors in combination, usually based around a single colour; for example, text with such colours as
red, yellow, orange and light blue
arranged together on a black background in a magazine article.
Colour schemes can also contain different shades of a single colour; for example, a colour scheme that mixes different shades of green, ranging from very light (almost white) to very dark.


A colour circle, based on red, yellow and blue, is traditional in the field of art. Sir Isaac Newton developed the first circular diagram of colours in 1666. Since then scientists and artists have studied and designed numerous variations of this concept. Differences of opinion about the validity of one format over another continue to provoke debate. In reality, any colour circle or colour wheel which presents a logically arranged sequence of pure hues has merit.


SECONDARY COLOURS: Green, orange and purple. These are the colours formed by mixing the primary colours.
TERTIARY COLOURS: Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green and yellow-green.
These are the colours formed by mixing a primary and a secondary colour. That's why the hue is a two word name, such as blue-green, red-violet, and yellow-orange.

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