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Colour Psychology Flashcards

1
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What is the Colour Wheel?

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Primary + Secondary + Tertiary Colours

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Tints vs Shades

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Tints: White is added to the colour to make it brighter Shades: Black is added to the colour to make it darker

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Tints vs Shades vs Tones

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  • Tints: White is added to the colour to make it brighter
  • Shades: Black is added to the colour to make it darker
  • Tones: Gray is added to the colour to create different colours
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4
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Pure Colour is at ______

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Normal Saturation

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How to Form New Colours?

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Desaturation by adding White, Black or Gray to an existing colour

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What are Colour Harmonies?

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Colours working together to create a colour scheme

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Warm and Cool Colours

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Warm Colours:

Oranges, Reds, Yellows

Communicates ENERGY, OPTIMISM, ENTHUSIASM

Cool Colours:

Greens, Blues, Violets

Communicates DEPENDABILITY, PROFESSIONALISM, PEACE

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Complementary Colours

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two colours that are opposite of eachother

(combinding warm and cool colours)

*Use an 80/20 split between the colours*

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Analogous Colours

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Aligned NEXT to eachother on the colour wheel

Use:

  • 1 Dominate Colour
  • 2 Used as Accents
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Monochromatic Colours

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1 Colour hue made up of different tints, shades & tones

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Triadic Colours

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  • Takes 3 Colours from the wheel in the form of a triangle*
  • (one colour from each point)*

Combinations:

2 Warm; 1 Cool

2 Cool; 1 Warm

3 Primary (more vibrance and life)

3 Secondary

3 Teritary

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Split Complementary Colours

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Begins as Complementary and then splits into two colours opposite of each other

1 Dominante Colour

2 Filtered In

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Tetradic Colours

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Takes two sets of Complimentary colours and put them together

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Square Colours

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4 Colours in the shape of a square

80% Dominant Colour

20% Secondary Colour

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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: Yellow

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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: Red

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17
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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: Blue

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18
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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: Orange

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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: Green

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20
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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: Violet

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21
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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: Pink

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22
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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: White

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23
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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: Black

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24
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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: Brown

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25
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Colour Meanings & Symbolism: Metallics

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26
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Recall Colour Meanings

Black; White; Red; Yellow; Blue; Gray; Green; Orange Purple; Brown

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27
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How to Create High Contrast Color Schemes

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  1. Select varying tones, shades and tints of a specific color
  2. Then select another pure color at least three spaces away on the wheel to act as an accent color

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