Color can effect you in many ways. It can effect mood and opinions. Using too much color can be damaging to a website can destroy it. However, using the correct colors can make a web page easy for viewing pleasure. Color is one of the defining characteristics of a web page.
The color wheel contains all the colors to choose from. Primary colors are the first three colors on the color wheel and secondary colors are primary colors mixed together. Using tints and shade can alter the appearence of the color. Color schemes such as monochromatic. analogous and complementary can be used to make a website look professional.
Color Psychology also has a huge effect on a web page design. In certain cultures, colors can have important representation. For example, in America blue represents boy and pink represents girl. But, in china blue is for girl and black is for boy.
1. The color wheel is all the colors of the spectrum. An acronym to use is ROY G BIV. Representing Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.
2.The primary colors are Red, Yellow, and Blue.
3. The secondary colors are Orange, Green and Purple.
4.The intermediate colors are Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Purple, and Red-Purple.
5. Color Value is how light a color is.
6. Tint are the light values.
7. Shades are the darker values.
8.The three color schemes are Monochromatic, Analagous and Complementary.
9. Monochromatic is using one color but using shades and tints of that color really makes it interesting.
10.An example of complementary colors are red and green, orange and blue, and yellow and purple..
11. An example of analogous colors are green, blue-green, blue, and blue-purple. The problem with analogous color is if there isn't enough contrast it might be difficult to see..
12.An example of warm colors is red, yellow and orange.
13. An example of cool colors is blue, green, and violet..
14. Color psychology is the representation of color. Three examples of meanings attached in three color colors in American Culture are orange and red represent hunger while blue is a hunger depressant, green represents money and health, and blue stands for boy and pink stands for girl.
