| A visitor to my website recently asked how to color | | | | primaries with one of their secondaries). |
| coordinate your scrapbook page. A great question - | | | | Since some of these terms may not be familiar, so |
| since not everyone feels confident about the design | | | | here's a jargon-buster: |
| aspects of scrapbooking. Of course its your use of | | | | Primary: red, yellow, blue |
| colors which generates much of the visual impact of | | | | Secondary: orange, green, violet, respectively |
| your page, so just how can you maximise the impact | | | | Terciary: red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, |
| of your scrapbook page layout designs? | | | | blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet. |
| How to Choose Color Schemes that Work? | | | | Tertiary colors are combinations of primary and |
| I stumbled across the concept of a Color Wheel a | | | | secondary colors. The primary name is placed first to |
| few years ago, and I've been using this kind of tool | | | | indicate an dominance of the primary over the |
| every since. Anyone who has studied Art will be | | | | secondary color. |
| familiar with this, but for those of you who are not, let | | | | Complementary: these are located opposite each |
| me explain... | | | | other on the wheel. |
| The Color Wheel is a circular representation of the | | | | - Mix them, and the result is gray; |
| color spectrum, in order to demonstrate how the | | | | - Place them side by side, and they enhance each |
| various hues relate to each other - how they can | | | | other. |
| complement, contrast, or conflict each other. | | | | Analogous: located next to each other in the wheel. |
| You may come across a few different types. For | | | | - Used together, the result is visual harmony. |
| example: | | | | The color wheel illustrates several aspects of color |
| - a six-segment wheel depicts the primary (red, yellow, | | | | theory, providing a basis for artists to make color |
| blue) and secondary (orange, green, violet) colors. | | | | choices to suit their purpose. Artists and designers use |
| - a 12-segment wheel also includes tertiary colors | | | | the color wheel as a guide in choosing colors to mix, or |
| (referring to intermediate tones that link pairs of | | | | combine. |