Understanding Color Schemes for decoration – Color Harmony 101

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To understand the combinations of colors, you must have a knowledge of harmony of color, which is the theory behind the development of color schemes. Similar to music theory, there is a knowledge base that some colors work together in harmony, while others may create a clash of tones.

Before examining the combinations of different colors, it is important to review the basics of the color wheel.

The basics: ROYGBV (Roy-Gee-Biv)

The color wheel includes basic *following colors, in order:

1. Red,
2. Orange,
3. Yellow,
4. Green,
5. Blue,
6. Violet.

You can use the wheel to revise the concept of primary and secondary colors. Examining the relationship between primary and secondary colors, tertiary colors can be made and build the foundation for understanding the basics of color schemes.

• Primary: red, yellow and blue
• secondary: orange, green and purple
• Tertiary: combinationsprimary and secondary color (ie red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-violet, etc.)

Color Schemes 101

Monotone (Neutral)

Monotone color schemes use one color, or a very limited range in neutral colors. More commonly, you will see the use of gray, brown, white or colored. Although the themes are often considered safe neutrals, a system of monotone can actually be dangerous and seemingly forced. As a result, designers often leverage of aaccent of color elements to add variety, without changing the overall system.

Monochrome

A monochromatic color scheme is created when you use a range of shades in a single hue. Although you can create a dining room red for dramatic effect, rooms with one strong color have risks similar to monotone color schemes. You can avoid this risk, not using too strong of a color in the room and making sure to use a wide range oftone to balance the overall effect.

Similar

Similar color schemes to create harmony, using the colors that are closer together on the color wheel. For example, you can create a similar theme with its neighbors using red, red-orange and orange-red. When looking at the color wheel, we can consider any combination within an angle of 90 degrees.

Due to the proximity of colors, it is rarely risk a clash of colors when you use a similartheme.

Free

Think of the scheme as a free color theme using contrasting colors on opposite sides of the color wheel. For example, red and green are contrasting colors that have a strong psychological impact and are well liked.

Granted, you might think that such a combination for your home can seem brash, and may be without a proper execution. Therefore, it is important to note that you can select a shade more subtle and trulycombination of colors, until facing each other in the color wheel when creating a theme for free.

More complex Color Schemes

Color schemes more complex issues such as triad or tetrad schemes are more difficult to master. In concept, these systems are variations of the complimentary color scheme, but instead to choose two colors from opposite sides of the color wheel, you select three or four, respectively, which are equidistant on the color wheel.Examples are rare, but when designers use one of these themes, you can see the concept applied in areas that otherwise mostly neutral.

Color wheel * Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RYB_color_circle_1904.png.

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