I recently made the following composition highlighting the various color schemes. I used a simple geometric pattern of collar, tie and a pocket rose. Every hue is created using the 3 primary colors - Poster red, Blue (cobalt blue + ultramarine blue), Yellow (chrome yellow + lemon yellow)
A quick overview of main idea behind the color schemes depicted from left to right:
1. COOL COLORS: Soothing and soft colors. They have a calming effect on the viewer's eyes.
2. SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY COLORS: The colors lying opposite on the color wheel - one primary and one secondary. However, the secondary color is further split into it's two tertiary colors. So, it is a combination of one primary + two oppositely lying tertiary colors. Eg: Blue + Red Orange + Yellow Orange
3. MONOCHROMATIC COLORS: It is a scheme of tints and shades of any color. In this case, shades and tints of green.
4. TRIADIC COLORS: Three equally spaced colors on the color wheel form the triadic color scheme. Eg: Yellow, Blue, Red.
5. ANALOGOUS COLORS: Three colors lying together on the color wheel form the analogous color scheme. They are basically 3 colors of the same family. Eg: Yellow, Yellow green, Green
6. COMPLIMENTARY COLORS: The colors lying opposite to each other on the color wheel. It comprises of one primary and one secondary color (lying opposite to the primary). Eg: Red + Green
7. ACHROMATIC COLORS: The color scheme comprising of shades and tints on grey.
8. WARM COLORS: The color scheme comprising of active colors. They depict energy and have an electrifying effect on the viewer's eyes.
Next up - I will share a post on Color Wheel; though it might have been better had I shared it prior to this post :p
