COLOR

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COLOR

• What do we know?
• What do we want to know?
• What did we learn?

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• The notes from this PowerPoint were paraphrased
  from the book Residential Housing and Interiors
  (Good-Heart Wilcox)
• Color Personality Test from http//www.uen.org/Les
  sonplan/preview.cgi?LPid5215

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VOCABULARY

• Color Spectrum A
• Primary colors B
• Secondary colors C
• Intermediate colors D
• Hue E
• Value F
• Intensity G
• Tint H
• Shade I
• Complement J

• The full range of all existing colors
• Yellow, blue, red
• Orange, green, violet
• Yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet,
  red-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange
• The name of a color
• The lightness or darkness of a hue
• The brightness or dullness of a hue
• Made by adding white
• Made by adding black
• The color directly opposite of another on the
  color wheel

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VOCABULARY

• Monochromatic K
• Analogous L
• Complementary M
• Split-Complementary N
• Triadic O
• Double-Complement P
• Neutral Q

• Based on a single hue
• 3-5 adjacent hues
• 2 hues directly across from each other
• One hue and the two on each side of its
  complement
• Combo of any three colors equal distance from
  each other
• Two sets of complements
• Combos of black, white or gray

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The Psychology of Color

• Color is the most exciting tool of the designer
• A space absent of color would not give any
  interest to the person occupying the space
• Color creates a mood within a room, and can
  communicate excitement, romance or solitude
• Many color perceptions affect the way people feel
  about a room, space or object
• People make associations with colors based on
  past experiences
• Each color has its own characteristics and common
  psychological impact

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The Psychology of Color, continued

• Careful color consideration should be used in
  each area of the home
• The social area of a home should be decorated in
  colors that will make all members feel
  comfortable
• Bedrooms should be decorated in colors that make
  the occupants feel relaxed
• Dressing areas should be free of harsh colors
  that may contrast with choosing clothing

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Activity

• List each color on a piece of paper. Next to the
  color, list the first word that comes to mind
  when you hear the color. Do not think for too
  long.
• Black
• Red
• Blue
• White
• Brown
• Yellow
• Green
• Orange
• Purple

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• Write down your favorite color

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RED

• Associated with danger, power, love, passion,
  anger, fire and strength
• Bold, exciting, and warm
• Stimulates the nervous system and increases blood
  pressure, respiration rate and heartbeat
• It should be used with care in design
• Can be lightened or darkened to create other
  colors

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• If your favorite color is pink, you are
• Laid back and carefree, somewhat sheltered and
  innocent, and gentle.
• Words that describe you are shy, romantic, and
  feminine.
• You have a calming effect on those around you and
  people who need a friend seek you out.
• If your favorite color is red you
• Want to be part of the action and are quite
  impulsive.
• You are outspoken, quick-tempered and intense,
  dynamic and noticeable, and not afraid to speak
  up.
• If you are not careful you can become
  overbearing.
• You are emotional, exciting and athletic.

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ORANGE

• Cheerful, warm, less aggressive than red
• Expresses friendliness, courage, hospitality,
  energy and hope
• Mixes well with cool colors

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• If your favorite color is orange, you
• Are unique, friendly and get along well with
  others.
• Radiate warmth and inspire those you are with.
• Tend to be social and drawn to groups of people.
  
• Are the hearth of the home and grateful for
  family and friends.

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YELLOW

• Cheerful, friendly, warm
• Associated with happiness, sunlight, sympathy,
  prosperity, cowardice, and wisdom
• Yellow rooms are light and airy
• Should be used with care b/c they demand
  attention
• Gold provides a luxurious touch and usually used
  in accents and accessories
• Yellows take on the tones of other colors and add
  flattering highlights

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• If your favorite color is yellow, you
• Are intellectual and drawn toward the new and
  modern.
• High spirited, cheerful, and idealistic best
  describe your personality.
• You are vivacious, extroverted and comedic.
• You have strong opinions and can be stubborn.
• You live by high standards and give sound advice.

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GREEN

• Refreshing, the color of nature, cool, peaceful
  and friendly
• Associated with hope, envy, and good luck
• Mixes well with other colors and looks good with
  white

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• If your favorite color is green

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BLUE

• Has the opposite effect of red
• Cool, calm and reserved
• Communicates serenity, tranquility, and formality
• Too much blue can be depressing

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• If blue is your favorite color, you...
• Are cautious, conservative and sensitive to the
  needs of others.
• Often thrust into the role of peacemaker.
• Are business-like, calm, and capable, a loyal,
  trustworthy friend.
• Expressing your emotions in a relationship is
  difficult for you.
• If your favorite color is blue/green, you
• Are sensitive and need loving care and adoration
  form others, but you maintain your independence.
  
• Showing emotion is difficult for you and others
  perceive you as self-centered.
• Have excellent taste and a mature outlook.

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VIOLET

• Color of royalty, dignity, and mystery
• Dramatic and works well with other colors
• Often used in small amounts as an accent

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• If your favorite color is purple/violet, you
• Are creative, consider yourself unique, and set
  yourself apart from others.
• Are an artist at heart.
• Scheduling and mundane tasks bore you.
• Can frequently be found daydreaming and would
  actually prefer fantasy to reality.
• Seek cultural events and luxury but do not put
  yourself out to serve humanity.
• Many inventors claim purple as their favorite
  color.

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BLACK

• Mysterious, severe and dramatic
• Symbolizes wisdom, evil, and death
• Small amounts help other colors appear more vivid
• Makes other colors appear more crisp and clear
• Use large amounts sparingly, as it can appear
  oppressive and claustrophobic

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• If your favorite color is black, you
• Are sophisticated, mysterious and dramatic.
• Are dignified and keep to yourself.
• May be unhappy with how things are, but arent
  quite certain how you can change existing
  circumstances.

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WHITE

• The symbol of youth, freshness, innocence,
  purity, faith and peace
• Makes other colors appear cleaner and livelier

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• If your favorite color is white, you
• Expect to be happy most of the time.
• Have a light, good, and pure personality
• Have a sense of innocence about you.
• Seek perfection and expect others to do the same,
  which sometimes make you appear cold.

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PROJECT!

• Choose any teacher or administrator in this
  building (preferably one that you know fairly
  well and likeso that leaves me out!...no really,
  you cant choose me!)
• Look for a paint chip that you think best
  describes their personality based on what you
  just learned about color characteristics and
  color psychology
• Answer the questions for that teacher on the
  sheet provided
• Your teacher will receive this sheet once it is
  graded

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The Color Spectrum

• The full range of all existing colorsover 10
  million identified colors
• The color wheel is the most commonly used tool
  for understanding color relationships in design
• The middle ring consists of three types of
  colors
• Primary Yellow, blue and redmixing, lightening
  and darkening these makes other colors
• Secondary Orange, green, and violetmixing equal
  amounts of two of the primaries makes these and
  on the color wheel they are placed in between the
  two colors used to make it
• Intermediate made by mixing a primary with a
  secondarythey are also called tertiary colors
  and the primary color is always placed first in
  the name

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The Color Wheel
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COLOR CHARACTERISTICS

• Hue is the name of the color
• Value is the lightness or darkness of a hue
• A tint is when white is added to make it lighter
• A shade is when black is added to make it darker
• Intensity is the brightness or dullness of a hue
• The complement of a hue is the color directly
  opposite of it on the color wheel and can be used
  to dull each other

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Warm and Cool Colors

• Some colors may make a room seem warmer or cooler
  even though the temperature of a house is the
  same
• Warm colors are orange, red, and yellow
• Called advancing colors, make objects appear
  larger or closer, but a room appears smaller
• Associated with warm objects such as the sun and
  fire
• Cool colors are blue, green and violet
• Called receding colors, make objects seem smaller
  and further away, but a room looks larger
• Associated with grass, water and trees

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NEUTRAL COLORS

• Black, white and gray
• White is totally absent of color, black is a
  mixture of all colors and gray is a combination
  of black and white
• Brown, tan and beige are considered near-neutrals
• These are usually based on red, orange and yellow
  hues

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THE EFFECT OF LIGHT ON COLOR

• Natural light is energy supplied by the sun in
  wavelengths which range in size from short
  (infrared) and long (ultra violet)
• Humans cannot see either of these
• There is a very small band of light that is
  visible and its colors are seen in a color band
• When the band hits an object, colors are
  reflected and absorbedthe color that is not
  reflected is how an object gets its color
• Natural light changes throughout the day causing
  colors to have different tints at different times
  of the day
• Always choose colors under the light that will be
  used in the room
• Cool colors need warm light and vice versa

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OTHER COLOR EFFECTS

• Effect of adjacent colors
• Colors change when placed next to others
• Some can intensify and others dull
• Effect of texture on color
• Flat, shiny surfaces reflect light and can
  enhance color
• Dull, soft or textured surfaces make color seem
  less intense and darker
• Effect of color on space
• Colors gain intensity when they cover large areas

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The Brewster System

• The standard color wheel
• Best known and simplest of all the color wheels
• Is also called the Prang system
• Based on the primary hues
• Includes primary, secondary and intermediate
  colors for a total of 12 colors

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The Ostwald System

• Uses yellow, orange, red, purple, blue,
  turquoise, sea green and leaf green
• Mixing these hues with black or white will create
  24 hues

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The Munsell System

• A system of color notation that scientifically
  describes and analyzes color in terms of hue,
  value and chroma (the Greek word for color)
• Has a total of 100 different colors

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COLOR SCHEMES

• Certain colors used together in design
• There are seven basic color harmonies

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MONOCHROMATIC

• Based on a single hue and is the simplest color
  harmony
• Variation is achieved by changing the value and
  intensity of a hue and by adding neutral accents
• Makes a room appear larger and unified

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ANALOGOUS

• Combines three to five adjacent related hues on
  the color wheel
• Look best when one color is dominant
• Examples
• Yellow, yellow orange, orange
• Green, blue-green, and blue

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COMPLEMENTARY
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• Combining two hues that are directly opposite
  each other on the standard color wheel
• Makes the colors appear more intense
• Examples
• Red/green, yellow/purple, orange/blue

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SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY

• Combining one hue and the two hues on each side
  of its complement
• Examples
• Red orange/ green/ blue
• yellow/blue-violet and red-violet

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TRIADIC

• Combination of any three colors that are of equal
  distance from each other
• The most common is the three primaries red, blue
  and yellow
• This can be tricky because of the sharp contrast
• Example purple, orange, green

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DOUBLE COMPLEMENT

• Combines two sets of color complements
• Examples
• Red/green and blue/orange

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NEUTRALS

• Made by using combinations of black, white and
  gray
• Shades of cream, brown, tans and beiges may also
  be used
• If it is one of any of these colors it is still
  considered a neutral color scheme

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COLOR DECISIONS

• Consider color harmonies that happen in nature
• Ex earth tones
• Think about the fabric you want to use or a
  painting you want to hang in the room
• Pull colors from these samples
• Some places are able to match paint colors
  directly to samples
• Always choose a dominant color
• Sometimes and equal amount of colors is
  overwhelming

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Other Helpful Color Scheme PowerPoints

• http//www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid428
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• http//www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid507
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• http//www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid439
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