Types of Colour Schemes

 Types of Colour Schemes

Colours are everywhere, in you, your dreams, nature, food, earth, above you, below you. It’s present wherever you can feel them!

What are colour schemes?

Choices of colours which are used in numerous creative and artistic representations are called Color schemes. These choicest colours are used to produce elegance and charm. When colours are brought together and they give an artistic appeal while blending in perfect harmony. A simple colour scheme would be a combination of two colours which looks attractive when pooled in and when you look at more complex and progressive schemes then it includes various other colours which are connected to appear perfect

Types of colour schemes 

Types of colour schemes 

1)  Monochromatic

2)  Complementary

3)  Split-complementary

4)  Achromatic

5)  Analogous

6)  Triadic

7)  Tetradic

8)  Polychromatic

“Hue” – A pure pigment that is deprived of any shade or tint (white/black colour tints are added individually)

“Hue” – A pure pigment that is deprived of any shade or tint (white/black colour tints are added individually)

Monochromatic

Pure Spectrum colours range (tones, shades and tints) are Monochromatic colours. These are created from a single foundation hue and extended using the spectrum colour range (moreover addition of black and white – creates grey colour and this is added to get Monochromatic colours.  The absence of contrast hue makes the vibrancy more fine-tuned and calm

Monochromatic

 
Complementary

A complementary scheme can be best described using Newton’s colour wheel

What is Newton’s colour wheel?

This wheel is also known as the Disappearing (vanishing) disc. Newtons wheel has 7 colours on it – ROYGBIV (red, orange, yellow, blue, indigo and violet). Once this wheel spins and picks up speed the above colour vanishes and the only colour that appears is white/off-white or grey. This was a famous physics experiment carried out by Newton himself. His estimation was that colours which are exactly opposite to each other and are on the colour wheel terminate the hue of every single colour

In short, complementary colours are colours which cancel each other’s colour when mixed together, there is a creation of a particular grey scale – white/black. When these are positioned together the strongest contrast is created

 Complementary colour scheme


 Split-complementary

This is a colour scheme in which one base and two secondary colours are used. This scheme does not use a complementary colour but two colours are placed in uniformity. The main factor is the use of the base colour and the secondary colours are only used for toning & highlighting. The visual contrast of the split-complementary scheme and complementary colour scheme has the same sharpness but reduced pressure…

Split-complementary


Achromatic

A Colour scheme which is only made up of black, white and grey colours with no hue in it is called an achromatic colour scheme. It’s been known for a long time that black and white colour can blend in well with any colour. While the use of white displays the hues to equivalent effect and the use of black reduces the actual shade or luminance.

Achromatic Scheme


Analogous

Grouping of colours which has similarities is an Analogous colour scheme. If you look at the colour wheel, these colours are just next to each other. One is the main colour which can be a primary or secondary colour and the other two which complement either of the sides are tertiary. Examples – Blue-violet, Violet, red-violet, Yellow, Yellow-green, and Green.

Analogous Scheme


Compared to the complementary colour scheme, the analogous colour scheme is less vibrant with no contrast.

Triadic

Between all the colours, the triadic colour scheme has been spaced at an equal distance. As these colours are distributed in uniformity, you won’t see any single colour dominance. Even if one makes use of undiluted or paste hues, this scheme still gives an advanced contrast level without compromising on colour coordination. Triadic schemes are pretty vibrant

Triadic Scheme


Tetradic

Again a colour scheme is placed proportionately on the colour wheel – a distinct variation of two colour schemes. Perfect synchronization of four colours that involves grouping of two complementary colours. No colour dominates the other. Eg. Blue, red, green and orange.

Tetradic Scheme


Polychromatic

Polychromatic multi-coloured. It is the brightness that displays more than a single colour. This colour scheme contains the energy of multiple acumens. It has the highest vibrancy level. One can choose different colours which are placed in the same position




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