Law or color theory is universal. Without light there is no color and you cannot talk about color theory. The latter plays a key role in all decorations. It should nevertheless consider some principles about color composition law in order to make decorations that will please the eye and give us satisfaction.
Theory - Composition - Colors - Applications
Color theory and composition
1 / Single colors
We note the existence of three simple colors: Red- Yellow - Blue
2 / Colors made
When combined, these colors give birth to composed colors. As examples:
- Red + blue = purple
- Red + yellow = orange
- Yellow + Blue = Green
The combination of colors made them in a certain proportion can give an infinite number of colors except white and black that is not considered as colors. White represents light while black symbolizes the absence of light. In reality, they exist in many colors of flowers and foliage to accept as well as colors.
3 / Complementary colors
Called complementary color, the one added to a combination of colors, or a single color, can reproduce a triad of primary colors. Examples:
- Red = Additional green
- Complementary purple = yellow.
Some colors and some combinations, we leave indifferent, others attract us and give us pleasure by others provide against disappointment. Light colors are associated in our minds with happy images. By cons, dark colors are associated with sad and melancholy thoughts. The colors, red, yellow and white are extremely tiring for the eye. The blue, green rest sight. The black color in the eye subject complete rest.
The use of colors can cause: Harmony - Contrast - Dissonance
- Harmony of colors
It is the gradual shift from single color to another through intermediate colors.
- Color Contrast
It is the combination of two simple colors or a single color and its complement, or a simple and white. Color contrast compositions, produce beautiful effects and are the most used. Examples: red with green; orange with blue.
- Color Dissonance
This is the result of a jarring effect as the use of a single color, with a color composite in which it enters. Examples: blue with purple; green with purple.
Dear @Fadel,
Colors Communicate. They can evoke emotions, sway thinking, cause actions and powerful reactions…it’s important to understand the emotional meanings attached to colors and the ‘messages’ they speak to your customer.But what do colors say? A color’s voice is universal. Our minds interpret a color’s meaning subconsciously.
http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/basic-color-theory
If mentally perceived colors are shaped by the brain, they are not more than an illusion?
If brain characteristics differ between individuals, the mentally perceived color of an external stimulus will differ between individuals without being able to scientifically demonstrate this?
BUILDING AN IMAGE FROM SEPARATE DOTS OF PAINT
- Technique of painting developed by George Seurat in 1886.
- Relies on the eye and mind of the viewer to compose the color dots into a broader range of tones.
- Pointillism is an outgrowth of the Impressionism art movement.
- Impressionism paintings noted for visible brush strokes & emphasis on light.
- Divisionism is a variant of Pointillism that focuses on color theory
http://webstaff.itn.liu.se/~perla/Siggraph2011/content/courses/rhyne.pdf
In the visual arts, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual effects of a specific color combination. There are also definitions (or categories) of colors based on the color wheel:
--primary color-- A primary color is a color that cannot be made from a combination of any other colors.
--secondary color-- A secondary color is a color created from a combination of two primary colors.
--tertiary color-- Tertiary color is a combination of three colors (primary or secondary).
Although color theory principles first appeared in the writings of Leone Battista Alberti (c.1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (c.1490), a tradition of "colory theory" began in the 18th century, initially within a partisan controversy around Isaac Newton's theory of color (Opticks, 1704) and the nature of primary colors. From there it developed as an independent artistic tradition with only superficial reference to colorimetry and vision science.
A color wheel or color circle is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle that shows relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_wheel
https://cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall02/V22.0380-001/color_theory.htm
Something more on different color wheels! Among many color wheels, here are some examples. "The first color wheel chart created is intended for teaching basic color mixing. It includes a gradation of hue around the color wheel with labeled primary and secondary colors....The second color wheel chart that I created is intended to help students recognize complementary colors on the color wheel.."
http://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/color-wheel-chart-for-teachers-and-students
Please allow me to tackle the subject from the angle which I call (Go green even in color !).
The most relaxing colors are believed to be shades of green. Many experts agree that greenish colors make us feel calm, balanced, and less emotional. These colors, especially sage green, are used in hospitals, test centers, and TV stations to ease nerves & soothe harsh emotions. This interaction is assumed to do with the effect of wavelengths on brain chemistry.
Interior designers noted that people consistently describe rooms painted with light green as relaxing, a finding that has been backed up by scientific studies.
On highways, signs are better be made of white letters on a green background.Civil engineers found that a driver's eyes don't get tired by looking at print on a green field and that the colors provide easy character recognition. Another place, were green is used, is in the "green room" of theaters or TV studios because nervous performers are calmed by the color. This is also the reason why surgeons wear green coats. The walls of hospital waiting rooms, psychiatric wards, and prison cells are often painted green for the same reason.
Scientific researchers in neurology, psychology, and ophthalmology have found some evidence that the relaxing effects of green are because our eye perceives color using tiny sensors (called cones) and the cones are sensitive to red or green or blue light but they are most sensitive to wavelengths near 510 nm, which indicate green light. Researchers assume that this sensitivity to green objects might affect hormonal production or the circulation of neurotransmitters that in turn influence mood.
Recent studies in chromo therapy have shown that when exposed to green colored paper or placed in a green room, a person's heart rate drops, blood pressure lowers, and muscles relax, while hot colors (like red or orange) cause these values to rise. In short, there is some scientific evidence that green is the most relaxing color.
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
In the visual arts, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual effects of a specific color combination. There are also definitions (or categories) of colors based on the color wheel: primary color, secondary color and tertiary color. Although color theory principles first appeared in the writings of Leone Battista Alberti (c.1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (c.1490), a tradition of "colory theory" began in the 18th century, initially within a partisan controversy around Isaac Newton's theory of color (Opticks, 1704) and the nature of primary colors. From there it developed as an independent artistic tradition with only superficial reference to colorimetry and vision science.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_theory
http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-a-Color-for-an-Accent-Wall
http://scr.srenk.com/multimedia/ColorTheory.htm
http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/basic-color-theory
Diffierent people classify colors in the same way, which should imply that these people share brain characteristics involved in perception and mental manipulation of incoming stimuli within the brain? Can the behavior of classifying colors be used to study brain characteristics and their diversity?
Dear all
Totally agree with you on the vision of color theory. Its composition remains the work of man (painter and secular) who can create color harmony in order not to strain your eyes because of their dissonance. The application of color is an art either in painting, baskets of flowers or even a sign or poster. I intend shortly to present a poster, not for its scientific content but for the choice of colors used by giving explanations.
If you see/observe/perceive a colorful painting/photo, how much colors will the observer perceive consciously?
@ Marcel
Some aspects of color perception can only be explained by the theory of opposite colors. It is based on a physiological reality because our brain perception - and not the eye that operate on this principle. Goethe believes that the color is dark, it obscures the light. It can also -be a black clarification. It is from this fact on the acceptance of primary colors are: yellow, which is close enough to the light while the blue remains close to the shade. Goethe combines these colors to the movement as the light dimmed between yellow and blue. He speaks of dynamic color either intensification or obfuscation. The composition of this movement is cited through my first answer on color theory and composition.
When you briefly look at a light source and then close your eyes, you will perceive a bright spot that will change in colors with time. You also can perceive colorful dreams.
It simply shows that people can perceive colors in a 'dark' environment, including yellow or blue or pink or.... The question then is whether these colors will qualitatively differ from the colors you perceive with the eyes open. I don't think that besides the individual scientist that is doing the experiments her/himself, science will have quantitatively access to these phenomena simply because you cannot put the colors the brain is perceiving on paper/on a screen to be measured by scientists.
@ Marcel
From what you say is quite true. But it seems to me you must take into account certain parameters that act either synergistically or simultaneously or delayed in vision in the waking state and the sleeping state. I can not move me on the physiology of the brain because I'm not a specialist for cons I am convinced that for many things and change whatever our state.
@Marcel
@ I would be happy if you give me your opinion on the future presentation of a post with explanation on the choice of colors because of the color of law
Why do you mentioning 'law' in this perspective given that there might be huge (unaccesible) intraindividual and interindividual variation in how colors in decoration can please the eyes and give satisfaction?
If the goal is to capture this huge biological variation (e.g. interindividual variation) perhaps a poster with a panel of colors should also quantify where observers of the poster are looking at on the poster and why they are doing that?
Colour is such a pervasive part of everything.
There are three 'primary' colours – Red, Yellow, and Blue and --- any colour can be created by mixing these three colours in varying quantities.
Some people claim they perceive colors in auras surrounding human bodies indicating individual health status
Dear Fadel,
I think appropriate to make some clarifications regarding the law or color theory and how colors are perceived.
As for the theory of color, we must distinguish between color theory of light, and color theory of pigments.
Color of light. Additive synthesis or of emitted light : by Newton (1671) we know that white light, as it decomposes, causes the seven colors of the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and violet. The sum of all colors of the spectrum reproduces the white light.
Of all the colors in the light spectrum, we can distinguish three primary colors. They give rise to other colors, and are: Red, Green and Blue (RGB notation system). Of the mix of these colors emerge the called secondary or complementary colors: Cyan, Magenta and Yellow.
Blue + green = cyan
blue + red = magenta
red + green = yellow (Figure sintesis)
In the Figure sintesis, we can infer that two complementary colors, when combined in equal parts, recomposed the white light. For example: blue + yellow. As the yellow = red + green, then, the total sum is white light.
The color of pigments. Subtractive synthesis or of the reflected light: when we use pigment mixtures made involving a different type of synthesis, the subtractive, which means, that as we include a color we're getting closer to the black or the total absence of color.
As in the light colors, in pigments exist three primary colors, which originate the other colors. They are: magenta, cyan and yellow (the secondary colors in the case of light). The secondary colors, in the case of pigments are obtained also by mixing of two primary colors:
Yellow + Magenta = Red
cyan + yellow = green
magenta + cyan = blue (the color that they have in common) (Figure sustraccion)
Perception of colors: It is not correct to say that the brain is who defines the colors we perceive. The retina is who does this work.
Light is the specific sensation that arises in the eye excited by electromagnetic waves with wavelengths between 380-760 nm.
According to the structure that exists at the level of the ocular retina, both in animals and in man, there are two types of specialized cells in the photoreception: the rods and cones (photoreceptors), which contain photopigments that producing chemical energy when exposed to light (cones: photopsin - rods: rhodopsin). This energy is transmitted through the optical path to the visual cortex, to interpret it. Since photoreceptors have different functions, each of the pigments are different and vary between species. (Figure conos y bastones)
The cones are those with pigments that are sensitive
selectively to different wavelengths of each color (red, green and blue, that are the primary colors). Each of these pigments absorbs a wavelength range having a peak absorption (maximum absorption) is particular. Mix or overlap between them are different palettes. Full stimulation of all the cones gives the sensation white. The rods are used to perceive the gray scale that ranges from light to dark and are what allow you, now yes, to the brain, build depth (shadow) of the three dimensions.
Keep in mind that, when it diminishes the light, the colors are disappearing. It is therefore obvious that the color is not a property of objects, but are produced depending on which wavelength is reflected or absorbed by that object.
In my book Psyche, p. 218 a metaphorical application of these laws is shown.
@ Napoleon and All
Indeed we must distinguish between the law of color and color theory. The color of the law supposes knowledge about color composition from primary colors to create harmony and avoid dissonances likely to tire the eye. The law remains a focus for the application of color theory. Thus some colors and some combinations, we leave indifferent, others attract us and give us pleasure by others provide against disappointment. Light colors are associated in our minds with happy images. By cons, dark colors are associated with sad and melancholy thoughts. The colors, red, yellow and white are extremely tiring for the eye. The blue, green rest sight. The black color in the eye subject complete rest. Thus, the red petals of a flower, and the green of its foliage is brilliant, because red and the complement of green.
Light, Color, and other Fine Forces into a science, and learn their chemical and therapeutical potencies as well as many of their mystic relations to physical and psychological action.
Dear all
Certainly each of us can hold forth at his convenience and according to its own specialty would it be more convenient to make color theory applications through examples of the use of colors that will be felt by many eyes therefore not rejected by our brain: it is called harmony
Example 1: Application of color theory applied to decoration
The application of color theory is done in different areas that affect especially true science but especially art. We cannot dissociate the beauty of a creation of the beautiful colors. One can be seduced by the colors and flowers bring us this chromatic element. The richness of their colors predisposes us to inspiration. It should nevertheless consider some principles on the color law in the floral composition to achieve decorations that will please the eye and give us satisfaction.
For flower baskets that are seen very we use flowers with multiple colors, because the eye will be able to enjoy them. Example: Thoughts. By far the same flower arrangement provides no effect. Generally, in the sun, use bright colors against in the shade should be used light colors. This theory about the colors is not always emphasized and that's why many floral decorations do not produce the desired effect and deserved. The landscape and the landscape gardener-must deal with the colors of flowers like painters do with their paddles so doing that "gardeners are happy painters whose palette is getting younger every season." It is very difficult in reality to own or not feel it because of the colors would be difficult to argue that certain colors do not go together, but even more difficult to prove.
Before a system to measure and specify color could be developed, it was necessary to understand the nature of the color sensing mechanisms in the human eye.
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Dear Fadel,
The color theory covers a lot of things. But at the most basic level, it is the interaction of colors through complementation, contrast and vibrancy.
Sometimes, certain colors are used in the design to express emotions, and each will create a different impact.
Red for example, draws attention; yellow is cheerful and fun; Blue conveys honesty and trust; black is authority and power etc.
The question I propose is: to what extent color blindness can affect the perception of a successful project?
The truth is that many of the decisions are based on feeling and emotion carried out by simple color factor.
Can the color you wear really affect your mood? Research says yes; color can absolutely affect your mood, behavior and stress levels.
Behind behavior, color influence consumer behaviour, taste...!
http://www.scienceofpeople.com/2013/01/10-ways-color-affects-your-mood/
Hi Fadel,
Color influences many things like moods, temperament, emotions, feelings etc. Color red is used especially in instances where there is need to caution e.g a danger sign, stop sign on the roads, electrical appliances. The red color is mostly used to regulate and establish control in various aspects of our life. In football a red card is bad news to the offending player and to his team mates as that is an insignia that they are likely to loose while playing against opponents who have outnumbered them. That's my simplistic view on colors and law. Hope it wasn't out of context.
Regards,
Joseph
The law of color is a system of understanding color relationships. Color is a form of light energy. All the colors we can see are contained in the visible spectrum of light. Before you attempt to apply haircoloring products, it is important to have a good general understanding of how color works together.
https://sites.google.com/site/haircolorcurriculum/learning-objectives/client-consultation/first-steps/the-law-of-color
After thanking Professor Ljubomir Jacić for his valuable contribution, I like to "import" a paragraph from the reference he provided.
Quote " What Color Should You Make Your Desktop: Green
What color you choose for your desktop and the colors you choose for your website can greatly affect your productivity. The color green is restful for eyes and produces the least amount of eyestrain. This is a good choice for computer desktops if you are in front of a screen for many hours." Unquote.
This agrees with my previous contribution & with my advice to RG. My favorite color is the yellow but it does not fit here.
Example 2 : Application of color theory applied to decoration
Dear All
Through the Poster, I established a law of color composition using for some a "yellow" color for other two colors: yellow and red.
The choice of cross-post this or that poster is done in black that is not really a color. She secured the eye in complete rest. This is why it occupies between 65 and 70% of the surface of the poster. Black represents the absence of light as it brings out the writing in white is not a color but it also symbolizes the light. The writing in white on black background is like a candle in the dark. If we consider the color yellow as it is close enough to the light therefore close to white. These are colors that tire the eye. They account for only 5-10% of the surface of the Post. With the choice of two monochromatic colors I tried to establish an association of those colors avoiding dissonance and creating a harmony affecting very few aggressive colors on a black background relaxing.
I would like you to give me your opinion on the color composition through a poster
What ever color theory is, what ever the color impact is, what ever specific choice of specific customer is, color combinations liked by customers are affected by the background of customers, broadly rural and urban customers.
@ Subhash
Absolutely Subhash but without forgetting that the color combination is an art that is not given to everyone. As against the common man told everyone to enjoy the colors in his way.
Color theory and applications.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuszky_color-theory-and-application-science-of-color-color-harmony-schemes-interior-design_creation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzP8XtC1neo
@Concha
Strongly agree with you on the Göthe's Theory of Colours. Indeed, it is one of the Most Influential treatsies on color ever.
@ Subhash
Beautiful Application (Science of Color & Color Harmony Schemes) - Interior Design. Thank you
Dear All
The landscape designer and gardener attribute to his art mixture of tree and shrub species that can create harmony in the colors through their foliage
Example 3: Application of color theory applied to the color garden decoration
* Composition clumps of trees and shrubs
Despite the natural beauty of the trees, a massive gasoline seems monotonous. For cons, the mixture of the colors of the different species foliage breaks the monotony. In the masses, should be planted isolated in form and color. Example: Cypress in the middle of a group of False pepper. We can even create tasks using the masses of trees with variegated or purple leaves. A happy and contrast characteristic can be obtained by the opposition of Prunus pissardi, dark purple foliage, with Acer negundo variegata green variegated foliage with white. In dark olive masses, should be planted alone or in clusters of false pepper in light green foliage and some shrubs such as Charcoal, privet, Pittosporum coolers to give a note of gaiety.Ginkgo bilola the sapindus used, the leaves become yellow gold winter from December, should be planted in isolated on lawns or mixed with evergreens. This combination produces a very nice effect.
A vivid perception of color is evoked by spoken words (for ex, 7 is blue, the color of Monday is red) in people with a condition called "colored-hearing synesthesia".Sometimes affective associations may be between colors and sounds, colors and personalities.Synesthetics see color-visual images.For ex. composers -Wagner, Beethoven, Liszt,Messiaen, Koner connected keys with the definite colors. E -dur-blue (for Skryabin and Rimsky-Korsakov), D-dur- green (for Rimsky-Korsakov) and red (for Skryabin), C-dur- red (Skryabin) and white (for Rimsky-Korsakov), G-dur- yellow for Skryabin and Rimsky-Korsakov, A-dur-green for Skryabin and pink for Rimsky-Korsakov. It's characteristic of multisensory shows all over the world with color-music.T.Ribo explains this phenomenon 1.incomplete differentiation between visual and hearing senses, 2.anastalyusa between the centers of visual and hearing sensations in brain, 3.nervous irradiation,4 associations. There are 70 kinds of synesthesia.Creative human beings have this phenomenon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHJ47f9ng8c
Dear Fadel:
Currently, we are doing a research to evaluate different color models for pan-sharpening in remote sensing, which is a little bit different from decoration but along the same line of your question in terms of applications. Very interesting findings will be reported very soon.
Regards,
Gamal
Thus, a recitative of Berendey from "Snow-made" by Rimsky-Korsakov: "At the pink dawn with the green garland among his jubilant children a happy king will go towards the sun" is A,G,F.E, D,C, B,F. V.Kandinsky "Light is a keyboard, eyes are hammers, a soul is a piano with a lot of strings. An artist is a hand, that plays, touching one key or another purposely to cause vibrations in the soul"Ciurlionis is famous for his associations on similarity of effect of different modalities' impressions. "A sonata to the sun.Allegro."http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/education/school-educator-programs/teacher-resources/arts-curriculum-online?view=item&catid=716&id=150http://www.wikiart.org/ru/mikalojus-ciurlionis/allegro-sonata-of-the-sun-1907
In poetry. Ch.Baudelaire
CORRESPONDENCES.
In Nature's temple living pillars rise,
And words are murmured none have understood.
And man must wander through a tangled wood
Of symbols watching him with friendly eyes.
As long-drawn echoes heard far-off and dim
Mingle to one deep sound and fade away;
Vast as the night and brilliant as the day,
Colour and sound and perfume speak to him.
Some perfumes are as fragrant as a child,
Sweet as the sound of hautboys, meadow-green;
Others, corrupted, rich, exultant, wild,
Have all the expansion of things infinite:
As amber, incense, musk, and benzoin,
Which sing the sense's and the soul's delight
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/36287/36287-h/36287-h.htm
Vowels
Arthur Rimboud
A Black, E white, I red, U green, O blue : vowels,
I shall tell, one day, of your mysterious origins:
A, black velvety jacket of brilliant flies
Which buzz around cruel smells,
Gulfs of shadow; E, whiteness of vapours and of tents,
Lances of proud glaciers, white kings, shivers of cow-parsley;
I, purples, spat blood, smile of beautiful lips
In anger or in the raptures of penitence;
U, waves, divine shudderings of viridian seas,
The peace of pastures dotted with animals, the peace of the furrows
Which alchemy prints on broad studious foreheads;
O, sublime Trumpet full of strange piercing sounds,
Silences crossed by Worlds and by Angels:
O the Omega, the violet ray of Her Eyes
http://www.mag4.net/Rimbaud/poesies/Vowels.html
Color is so important in every field but in justice, I think the wisdom of judges would be more significant for justice.
@Gamal
@ Said
@Irina
Certainly the colors are applied in different areas. The important thing is to put harmony through what we present and whatever the field
Great Color Combinations - House Beautiful
Color schemes and combinations for kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and more to set the right mood in your space.
http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g738/color-combinations/
http://www.hgtv.com/design/decorating/color
@ Chun Liu
You ask a relevant question concerns the contrast. I hope that our friends bring suggestions on this aspect.
@ Subhash
Very nice combination for homes using a combination of 8 colors
"A picture of many colors proclaims images of many thoughts"Donna A.Favors. "Color is uncontainable. It effortlessly reveals the limits of language and evades our best attemps to impose a rational order on it...To work with color is to become acutely aware of the insufficiency of language and theory-which is both disturbing and pleasurable"David Batchelor. "The color of words. The fugitive names of hues."http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/colour.htm
Packaging, today in Marketing has more of colour representation associated with
Actually there is an USP of invite to the customer drawn by the colours
http://www.brinksgilson.com/files/141.pdf
--- The exact color to paint your office to become the most productive ---
Color can profoundly affect how productive are you?
Research has shown that:
-- blue colors affect your mind;
-- yellow your emotions;
-- red your body; and
-- green your ‘balance’.
By combining these colors you can influence your behavior.
http://alifeofproductivity.com/angela-wright-interview/
"Why do two colors, put one next to the others, sing?"P.Picasso. "All colors are the friends of their neighbors, and the lovers of their opposites"M.Chagall.Color Wheel (a rainbow of color) is one of the powerful tools available for home decorating.http://www.classicshades.com/articles/paint-color-wheel/
Dear all
According to Chinese conventional color law, bright ret and bright green are the most garish contrast colors. An ugly arrangement is bright red with bright green. But in the nature, the both colors meet a lot of times and we do not feel the incongruity of the both colors.
Dear @Fadel and followers, here is another discussion - Thread: Theory Discussion: "Color Theory" Principles and Practices! Fine information available.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/17837-Theory-Discussion-quot-Color-Theory-quot-Principles-and-Practices
Dear Ljubomir,
I only add to your greatest information. The very interesting thing is about our preferences in clothing.I adore green and black (sometimes-white)- other colors have no interest to me.My preference in my garden flowers is yellow.One scientist said "Wear gray- it's a wonderful color of gray matter".To P.A.Renoir, "I've been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colors is black".To U.Swain, "All the other colors are just colors, but purple seems to have a soul". To J.Ruskin, "Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight"To V. van Gogh, "How lovely yellow is it stands for the sun". To F.Sinatra, "Orange is the happiest color" Dear Fadel, it will be interesting to know color preferences of our greatest scientists on RG.https://www.pinterest.com/pin/15692298676950729/
Dear Fadel,
I love to work with colours. I'm trying to study "Feng Shui" to use in my house.
Vanessa
http://fengshui.about.com/od/thebasics/qt/fiveelements.htm
With its cool undertones, --- blue is a calming, soothing color that's often used in bedrooms. However, blue is also thought to stimulate productivity, which makes it an ideal option for a room where your teen plans to study.
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/paint-color-teenager-study-71451.html
A brief comment on dear @ Concha's good contribution : Long time ago, I was interested in finding a link b/w color & appetite and I found these & I sent them in a letter to my family. The 5 colors that were observed to increase the appetite among many (but not all) people are: 1. Red 2. Orange 3. Yellow 4. Green 5. Turquoise. These colors may be of the food, the plates, the table's cover, or the wall's painting in the eating room or in the restaurant, or in combinations of them .
I think beige, peach puff, and pearl are suitable for the interior office design.It's warm and neutral.
See for Color Your Business: Best Colors For Your Office, Products And Packaging
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/30/best-colors-for-your-office-products-and-packaging_n_1640420.html?ir=India&adsSiteOverride=in
@Irina
@ Subhah
The colors that you quoted and which are used in offices are actually soft and soothing colors
I know three theory of colors
1 / Single colors.
2 / Colors made.
3 / Complementary colors.
@ Mohamed
In fact those are the three simple colors. It is from They can do that have made colors and complementary colors. Some of them create the other creates harmony of dissonance and contrast
Fadel:
From a female perspective, I am very cosmetic when it comes to color. I apply my make-up according to the color of my outfits, which are usually in warm colors (ocean blues, earthy browns and greens). I find when I blend them all together I look finished. So, from that perspective, colors must harmonize in order for the end product to be appealing.
Best regards,
Debra
Debra
I highly appreciate the example of makeup. Indeed you try to harmonize not only simple colors with your clothes, your color and even the morphology of the face. Thank you very much
@ Subhash
Yes red is a very keen and aggressive color. Often said that red attracts the bull
Yes Brenda colors are also expressions of our moods and our state of mind
Gold color evokes the feeling of prestige. The meaning of gold is illumination, wisdom, and wealth. Gold often symbolizes high quality.
Some more info on FENG SHUI COLORS! Dear @Vanessa had a fine contribution about.
http://www.feng-shui-and-beyond.com/feng-shui-colors.html
Light allows us to sense color. To a large degree, sensing color depends on four key factors:
reflects, and transmits;
https://www.hermanmiller.com/hm/content/research_summaries/wp_Experience_of_Color.pdf
Dear @Subhash, "Gold is equated with sophistication, luxury, quality, wealth, and splendor."
I do prefer pastel colors: "Pastels evoke openness and relaxation. Pastels are considered relieving and soothing and are even sometimes equated with sanity."
http://www.feng-shui-and-beyond.com/color-psychology.html
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@ Ljubomir
Certainly that colors may represent certain things in life: joy, death, love and another but Some colors and some combinations, we leave indifferent, others attract us and give us pleasure by others provide against disappointment. Light colors are associated in our minds with happy images. By cons, dark colors are associated with sad and melancholy thoughts. The colors, red, yellow and white are extremely tiring for the eye. The blue, green rest sight. The black color in the eye subject complete rest. Thus, the red petals of a flower, and the green of its foliage is brilliant, because red and the complement of green.
Dear Markovic
I totally agree with you on the color composition from simple colors. Indeed we can from monochrome colors to make polychrome colors
Dr. Fadel,
Good question.
The way I think of colors is that there is: a wave/particle (light) fell on an object and then was reflected (if not black) from that objected to the eye. This wave is then interpreted by our reptilian brain as a certain color. Do they really exist? Do other animals/creatures perceive the same wave length/color as the human eyes? Do our brains try to make sense of things? It will be interesting to check if animals which have different brain structure perceive the waves same as we do. I personally think it is all in our brain and they do not really exist (brain interpretation of things).
Any combination of colors is basically combination of waves and certain combination can alter the mood, the psychological state, the definition of safe/nice/good/beautiful in our brains.
http://99designs.com/designer-blog/2012/08/29/the-7-step-guide-to-understanding-color-theory/
Research reveals that people make a subconscious judgment about a person, environment, or product within 90 seconds of initial viewing and that between 62% and 90% of that assessment is based on color alone.
http://www.colorcom.com/research/why-color-matters
Dear All
All the theory bases on the balance between both poles of color: the blue opposes the yellow and the red opposes the green, and in this context, the white opposes the black. It leans on a physiological reality because our intellectual perception and not the eye work on this principle. For some the choice of a color is often seen in a mystic irrational way while others claim to have an eye to choose colors. It is obvious that certain colors get married well between them and others not but we do not really know how to explain it.
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