Color Schemes Made Easy
By understanding and using a
Basic Color Wheel
Color Schemes are easy. With a little knowledge and practice you'll be able to choose paint colors with confidence, plan an interior decorating project, pick colors for a graphic design or create a piece of art.If you look around color is everywhere. Notice the color palettes being used for interior design, art, advertising, web sites, fabric - the list goes on. Remember even black and white are colors. When you go to a paint store it seems like there are millions of paint colors to choose from. To choose colors that go well together it's easier to work with established categories of palette combinations on a Basic or Primary Color Wheel.
1. Begin by deciding how many colors you want to work with.
2. Then choose one of the color palettes below.
Monochromatic
Complementary
Near Complementary
Split Complementary
Triad
Complementary Triad
Modified Triad
Rectangular Tetrad
Square Tetrad
Adjacent Tetrad
Analogous
Analogous Complementary
Multi-Color
Click on each of these color palettes and I'll show you a simple foolproof way to choose and harmonize colors.
Step 1
You'll begin by choosing a "Mother Color". For example if you know you want to paint your room some variation of green, that's your "mother color". Step 2
Using your "mother color" as a starting point on the Basic Color Wheel you'll select and apply one of these Color Combinations. Step 3
Then you'll see how to adjust your palette to make the colors work together without clashing by making them lighter, darker and less intense.
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