Color theory question

Started by pernyblom May 22, 2010 02:50 AM

2 comments, last by sunandshadow 14 years, 8 months ago

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May 22, 2010 02:50 AM

Hello! I am trying to understand color theory to be able to select good color schemes (complementary, triads, split-complementary etc.) and have read a few online tutorials about this subject. In all the examples about color schemes, the "traditional" (RYB) color wheel is used to pick the colors but the newer HSV color wheel seems to be what is available in almost all software. The question is then: * Is it a problem to use the HSV color wheel as a replacement for the traditional one when using common color scheme methods?

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sunandshadow

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May 22, 2010 04:55 AM

I don't think it would be a problem. The Hue bar corresponds to the path around a color wheel, while the saturation bar corresponds to the path from the inside to the outside of a color wheel.

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pernyblom

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May 22, 2010 05:34 AM

That sounds good.

The complementary colors generated from the HSV model look very complementary to me as well (after two days of color studies :) ).

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May 22, 2010 03:48 PM

If you're interested in color palettes in general you might like this. It is a collection of color palettes harvested from assorted art of mine. I usually just color things by eye, I don't make color palettes by theory, but when the colors are "harvested" like this the ranges and patterns can be seen.

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