All Designs
Colour Temperature - Radiation
Colour temperature represents the temperature of an ideal “Black Body Radiator” Not be confused with the feeling of a colour ( Colour Temperature - Feeling)
Colour Temperature - Feeling
The temperature that represents the feeling of a colour Not to be confused with Colour Temperature - Radiation
Colour Gamut
A colour gamut represents the full range of potential colours a given colour systesm can produce
CMYK - Subtractive Colour Model
Colours on physical surfaces use subtractive colour mixing The more colour you add, the less light comes off the paper Traditionally, the colours were red, yellow and blue but as printing evolved this became Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (black) as it produced a wider range of colour on paper...
Chroma
Represents the Shade, Tint or Tone added to their Hue A high chroma = no white black or grey In design, avoid hues that have similar-but-not-identical chroma - Either go for Hues with identical chromas, or with distinctly different chromas
Balance and Alignment
Every element has “weight” Weight comes from: Colour Size Texture Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Balance There are different stylistic reasons to go with symmetrical or asymmetrical designs E....
Analogous Colours
Side-by-side colours on the Colour Wheel In analogous schemes, one colour will dominate, one will support, one will accent Can harmonise too easily, so you may want to push Tone or Saturation for greater Contrast When mixed, will produce bright intermediary hues The closer the analogous colours on the wheel, the brighter the intermediaries The further apart, the duller the mixture #unresolved (Is this due to colours cancelling out and introducing a grey Tone that mutes the colour?...