Dimensions of Colour
COLOUR RELATIVITY
COLOUR RELATIVITY
'There are no ugly colours' there are only ugly colour combinations' - Josef Albers
'When I put a green, it it not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.' - Henri Matisse
'When I put a green, it it not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.' - Henri Matisse
Brown is my least favourite colour as I find it really hard to find colours that would compliment it. I decided to see which colours work well with brown so that I feel more comfortable using it in the future. I have choose an objective colour scheme to work on a children's book cover. This is the colour (Pantone 732 C) that I don't particularly like to work with, mainly because I find it difficult to find a colour that compliments it. It's a very earthy, dull colour and this particular shade isn't used a lot in design unless it's to resemble an object, rather than typography or shape.
Used Pantone 2716 C as the brown is a complimentary colour to blue on the colour wheel. I decided to go for a lighter tone of blue, that almost has a hint of purple.
It's interesting to compare the two colours with text. The blue makes the brown text look darker and stand forward where as the brown looks a lot darker with the blue on top of it. This is due to the contrast.
I was surprised at how much I liked this colour palette as they were both natural colours and the toned down green helps the brown stand out.
I couldn't find any other colour schemes that worked with the brown so I decided to change the shade/tone of it to see if I could make better outcomes:
A very mutual palette that I believe to be very balanced. The brown is very dull and flat but the blue makes it look a lot friendlier.
Used Pantone 2716 C as the brown is a complimentary colour to blue on the colour wheel. I decided to go for a lighter tone of blue, that almost has a hint of purple.
It's interesting to compare the two colours with text. The blue makes the brown text look darker and stand forward where as the brown looks a lot darker with the blue on top of it. This is due to the contrast.
I was surprised at how much I liked this colour palette as they were both natural colours and the toned down green helps the brown stand out.
I couldn't find any other colour schemes that worked with the brown so I decided to change the shade/tone of it to see if I could make better outcomes:
A very mutual palette that I believe to be very balanced. The brown is very dull and flat but the blue makes it look a lot friendlier.
Josef Albers
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