Read Time: 4 min Color is dynamic. Every color has a vibrant public persona, but it also has more subtle attributes that the human eye does not immediately see. One of the most effective techniques for alleviating frustration and mastering color, especially when it comes to neutrals, is to understand materials and paint color undertones.
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Read Time: 3 min Knowing something A to Z’s means you have a full range of fundamental knowledge relating to the subject. My COLOR A-Z won’t give you a full range of knowledge but it does give you 26 color ideas from fun and fundamentals to think about. Enjoy!
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Read Time: 5 min Color temperature describes how “warm” or “cool” a color is. Blue, green, and purple are cool while yellow, orange, and red but there is more to it than that.
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Read Time: 11 min Understanding the color characteristics of hue value chroma allows you to be better at selecting precisely the right colors & creating harmonious color schemes.
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Read Time: 6 min Color Wheel and Color RelationshipsWhether you want to learn to mix paint or put together harmonious color schemes, you must understand color relationships. An excellent way to see color relationships is to look at the color wheel.The placement of the colors around the wheel is not random. The spectral order (like the rainbow) of colors […]
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Read Time: 5 min Creating Color HarmonyPutting together harmonious color combinations begins with understanding how we see colors and the relationships of each hue to one another. A good way to see color relationships is to look at the color wheel.The placement of the colors around the wheel are not random. They are arranged in spectral order (like the […]
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Read Time: 5 min We think of color as transcendent – a language of sorts that signifies independent of cultural differences, time period, or aesthetic movement. Color is a powerful tool that permits designers to influence mood, compose spaces, and even make profound statements. We accept these truths about color, but we don’t often take the time to examine […]
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Read Time: 2 min A day when all around the world color lovers come together to learn about and celebrate all aspects of color and its positive impact on our lives.
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Read Time: 4 min Hickethier color theory, which uses pure pigment, makes it easy to mix colors creating 1000 colors all from just five pigments.
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Read Time: 4 min Every design project is a balancing act. Designers must manage an array of elements – composition, color, lighting, function, shape, and texture – in order to create a cohesive, compelling space. Whether you’re tackling a small scale room remodel or you’re designing an eye-catching poster, one of the biggest challenges both professional and amateur designers […]
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Read Time: 2 min Simply brilliant! The current time is translated into the matching hex color and that colors is the background. The color changes as the time changes.
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Read Time: 2 min I named all 64 Crayola crayon colors correctly. Can you?Okay, so maybe it did take me three tries before I got all 64 but the first two times I made silly mistakes and got 4 and two wrong on each respective try.I really do know that the new pink is named “famous” and not “celebrity” […]
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Read Time: 3 min Interaction of Color App for the iPadAs a long time fan of Josef Albers I am thrilled that to mark the 50th anniversary of Josef Albers’s book Interaction of Color, Yale University Press, the publisher of the original edition, are offering a new way to engage with Albers’s lessons by releasing the “Interaction of Color” […]
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Read Time: 4 min To understand how different types of light affect color you have to know a little about what light is, how it works, and its relationship to color.
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Read Time: 4 min Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you were colorblind? I have, and in every instance, I’ve imagined myself missing out on one of the biggest pleasure I have in life–creating with color. It wasn’t until I met Bonnie Auten that I came to realize that what I thought would be […]
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Read Time: 5 min If you want to learn to see and match colors there is no better training ground than learning to duplicating what you see in paint, pastels, or colored pencils. It requires you to really see the color of things. In fact, most artist spend as much time looking at what they are painting as they […]
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