- What are contrasting colors?
- What effect does Colour contrast have?
- How do you choose colors that work well together?
- How colors are made?
What are contrasting colors?
In color theory, contrasting colors, also known as complementary colors, are colors from opposing segments of the color wheel. Colors that are directly across from one another on a basic color wheel provide maximum contrast.
What effect does Colour contrast have?
The interaction of hues results in the following color-contrast effects, which affect our perception of hue, depth, and transparency: simultaneous contrast—When complementary colors are immediately adjacent to one another, they visually influence each other and their chroma levels appear dramatically intensified.
How do you choose colors that work well together?
Begin with one color, and look across the color wheel for its direct complement — instead of choosing that color, pick two analogous colors on either side of it. So, for example, if your first color is yellow-green (AKA: chartreuse), look across to red-violet, but choose violet and red as your second and third colors.
How colors are made?
Mixing light—or the additive color mixing model—allows you to create colors by mixing red, green and blue light sources of various intensities. The more light you add, the brighter the color mix becomes. If you mix all three colors of light, you get pure, white light.