BASIC COLOR SCHEMES

Monotone

• low chroma in one value or a

  very limited range of values

• Typical colors used are grays, tans, and tinted whites.

monochromatic

is composed of one hue in many values

and intensities.

Analogous

• achieve harmony

  by using hues that are close

  together on the color wheel.

• This scheme should be restricted

  to one-quarter of the wheel (three

  adjacent hues).

Complementary

• opposite sides of the

  color wheel.

• Use stronger colors from the opposite side of the wheel for

  smaller areas (accents).use a color of low chroma and either high or low value

  (tints or shades) from one side of the wheel to cover large

  areas

Split-complementary

• using lower levels of intensity for the hues from one side of the

  wheel to cover larger areas

• and more intense hues from the other side of the wheel in

  smaller areas and accents.

Double–complementary

two pairs of complementaries with a spacing of one hue in between

pairs of complementaries.

Triad Color Schemes

• 3 equally spaced hues.

• most difficult of all the color schemes.

• Triad color is often used in small areas in a mostly

  neutral scheme.

Tetrad Color Schemes

four hues equally spaced hues.

Neutral Schemes

• are always safe and non-

  clashing, generally acceptable in any situation.

• may be based on the neutral grays in the white-

  to-black range or may be warm, using beiges and tans as dominant

  colors, or cool, using grays of greenish , bluish, or violet tint.

Natural Color Schemes

• use of only the natural colors of materials

• include off-white, beiges, tans,

  browns, dull reds, and possibly bluish gray.