Color contrast chart

1. What are the 7 color contrasts?
2. What Colours contrast well together?
3. What are the color contrast?
4. How do you choose a contrast color?

What are the 7 color contrasts?

Itten identified seven fundamental categories of contrast: hue, light-dark, cold-warm, complementary, analogous, saturation, and extension.

What Colours contrast well together?

Complementary color combinations are the colors that sit on opposite sides of the color wheel. Combining these colors creates an effect of high contrast, catching the eye and leaving quite an impact. Examples: red and green, yellow and purple, orange and blue.

What are the color contrast?

Color contrast is a term used in color theory that describes the difference between different color hues. Tonal contrast — a different type of contrast adjustment — describes the difference between the lightest and darkest tones in the image.

How do you choose a contrast color?

Two colors from different segments of the color wheel are contrasting colors (also known as complementary or clashing colors). For example, red is from the warm half of the color wheel and blue is from the cool half. They are contrasting colors.