Housing and Interior Design

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Housing and Interior Design

• Chapter 14
• Color

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COLOR

• DESIGNS
• MOST EXCITING
• ELEMENT

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Where does color come from?

• Objects contain pigments objects absorb some
  light rays and reflect others.
• When light touches the objects, we see only the
  colors that reflect, or bounce back, to our eyes
• That is then the color that we see. BLUE

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Color and Moods

• Colors create certain moods
• Red- bold, exciting, hunger
• Orange- friendly, energy
• Blue- serene, calm, formal
• Yellow- cheerful, happy
• Gold- formal

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COLOR HAS THREEDIMENSIONS OR QUALITIES

• Hue
• Value
• Intensity

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HUE
The name given to a color.
RED YELLOW
VIOLET
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VALUE
The lightness or darkness of a color
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TINT
Made by adding white to a color so that it is
lighter.


HUE WHITE
TINT
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SHADE
Made by adding black to a color so that it is
darker.


HUE BLACK
SHADE
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INTENSITY
The brightness or dullness of a color.
FUSCHIA - HIGH INTENSITY
OLIVE - LOW INTENSITY
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NEUTRALS
(NOT REALLY COLORS)
No color
White
All colors
Black
White Black
Gray
Can be used with most colors
Beige
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COLOR WHEEL
A GUIDE TO STUDY HOW TO CHOOSE AND COMBINE COLORS
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PRIMARY HUES
RED
YELLOW
BLUE

• Pure and basic
• Cannot be made from any other colors
• All other colors are made from these
• Equal distance from each other on color wheel

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Primary Colors

• The colors from
• which all other
• colors are made
• Begins the formation
• of the Color Wheel

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SECONDARY COLORS

• Made by mixing equal amounts of 2 primary colors
• Found halfway between the primary hues on the
  wheel

ORANGE



GREEN


VIOLET
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Secondary Colors

• Achieved by mixing
• two primary colors
• together in equal
• amounts.
• Continues the
• Color Wheel

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Intermediate Colors

• Also called Tertiary Colors
• Achieved by mixing equal amounts of a primary
  color with the secondary color beside it on the
  color wheel.
• Red Violet Red-violet
• Blue Violet Blue-violet
• Blue Green Blue-green
• Yellow Green Yellow-green
• Yellow Orange Yellow-orange
• Red Orange Red-orange
• Written by using the primary color hue first,
  followed by the secondary color hue.

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INTERMEDIATE (TERTIARY) HUES
Made by mixing equal amounts of adjoining primary
and secondary colors. Completes the Color Wheel.
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COLOR WHEEL
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THE COLOR WHEEL CAN BE DIVIDED INTO WARM AND COOL
COLORS
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WARM COLORS

• Appear hot like the sun or like fire
• Give feelings of gaiety, activity or cheerfulness
• Appear to advance-they make body look larger

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COOL COLORS

• Remind us of water or sky
• Give feelings of quietness or restfulness
• Appear to recede and make body look smaller
• Can be depressing if overdone

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MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME
This is a one-color plan that uses different
tints, shades and intensities of the color
BLUE
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ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEME
This color scheme uses related, or neighboring
colors on the color wheel with varying values and
intensities of the colors.
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COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
This color scheme uses opposite hues on the color
wheel. These colors are across from each other
on the wheel and have great contrast.
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Double Complementary
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SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
This color scheme uses three colors, one color
with the two colors on each side of its
complement.
VIOLET
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TRIAD COLOR SCHEME
This color scheme combines three colors
equidistant on the color wheel and has a great
deal of contrast.
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ACCENTED NEUTRAL COLOR SCHEME
This color scheme combines white, black, gray or
sometimes beige with a bright color accent.
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• All colors are beautiful, depending on personal
  taste.
• If not used wisely or combined well, color can
  cause a room to look too gaudy or very drab.
• Harmony results when hues, values and intensities
  are combined in a pleasing way.