Color Combinations

Choosing successful combinatiopns of colors doesn't have to be random process. With a color wheel and knowledge of these tremplates, you can easily do it.

Complementary Relationships - are colors across from each other on the color wheel.

Split Complementary Colors - one hue and two equally spaced from its complement

Double-Complementary - two complementary color sets

Colors of a comlimentary relationship assigned equal proportion.

Colors reassigned with proportions allocated to dominant and  subdominant areas.

Color intensity and proportion modified - Using tints and shades of the original colors results in a moderate level of contrast with accents of highly saturated color.

Color intensity and proportion modified - the whole area displays a medium value with saturated accents.

Colors of a double triad relationship assigned equal proportion.

Colors reassigned with proportions allocated to dominant, sub-dominant, and accent areas.

The visual mix caused when more than one hue, or saturation of an individual hue, will differ depending on the proportion of allocated areas. 

• The color with the largest proportional area is the dominant color (the ground). 

• Smaller areas are subdominant colors. 

• Accent colors are those with a small relative area, but offer a contrast because of a variation in hue, intensity, or saturation (the figure).

• If large areas of a light hue are used, the whole area will appear light; conversely, if large areas of dark values are used, the whole area appears dark. 

• Placing small areas of light color on a dark background, or a small area of dark on a light background will create an accent. 

• Alternating color by intensity rather than proportion will also change the perceived visual mix of color.