Color scheme : CS3382 - Week 3

After reading the website from heiman's Blog, i have found some website about color scheme.

Color schemes are harmonized sets of colors. In the absence of harmony, colors can clash or otherwise affect each other adversely. Here is the example1 and example 2.

Points from the websites:

• Warm colors (yellows, oranges, browns, yellow-greens, orange-reds, etc.) :
• aggressive and exciting, apply in small doses.
  

• Cool colors (blues, greens, pinks, purples, blue-greens, magentas, blue-reds) :
• soothing, calming , used in large amounts.

• Neutral colors (white, black, gray) :
• for back-grounds and for enhancing the effect of warm colors.

• Multi-color (warm + cool colors) :
  
• too much color can be cluttered and ambiguous, lowest visitation time.

• Color Harmony
• similar to musical chords, which simply means they're pleasing to the eye.
• too little can be boring.
  

• Color Association
• blue is associated with serenity
• red is associated with impulse buying

Suggestion

• choose a couple of colors and stick to them.
• Use only a few different colors on a page.
• Avoid using an excessive amount of colors.
• Blend and use warm and cool colors.

For chose a couple of right color you desired, you may try to use some tools for generating the color scheme. There are some color scheme tools as the followings:

1. Color Schemer, Color Schemer Online V2
   
2. Color Wheel Pro
   
3. Color Scheme Generator 2.

To know more about classic color scheme, you can go to see the color theory basic.