Triad colour harmony

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND APPLICATION
Lesson 4: Elements of Design: Texture & Colour

Triad colour harmony

    Consist four colours that are equidistance from one another on the colour wheel (Fig.4.11) such as red, yellow-orange, green and blue-purple
    Fig.4.11

    Successive contrast and simultaneous contrast

    Two types of contrast are formed with the combination of colours i.e. successive contrast and simultaneous contrast. In successive contrast colours are such a distance apart that one is perceived after the other. Simultaneous contrast occurs when contrast or opposing hues, values, and intensities are placed in juxtaposition so exaggerate each other's apparent differences. Dull colours make brighter colours even brighter; complements intensify each other; dark colours make light colours look lighter and light colours darken dark ones further. Here, for example, the grey on the white looks darker than the grey on the black. For example a blue strip is formed between two red strips and then between two green strips, the blue strip although dyed exactly the same, would appear different.
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