![]() ![]() Understanding relative temperature can help you to find just the color you have in mind more quickly. You are only considering the color red, but to find the correct color, it helps to decide if you prefer a red that leans orange or a cooler red that leans violet. You could describe the color you desire as either warmer or cooler than the original color. When you work with color it can be helpful to think of these colors as universal colors that can be used as a warm or cool tone depending on the other colors in the palette.įor example, if you choose red paint or a sample of fabric, but it isn't quite right, you would want to find a different red. Neutral is already an overused word so please don't call these colors neutrals. Just because these colors are not warm or cool doesn't mean that they are neutral. I agree and have found after creating thousands of color schemes that the temperature of violet and yellow-green can be warm or cool, depending on the colors that surround them. Second, because yellow-green at 90 degrees, and violet (purple) at 270 degrees, are smack in the middle between the absolute values of warm and cool, it doesn't make sense to define them as warm or cool. Still, based on working with both my students and clients, I have found two things that confuse people about color temperature.įirst, because of our strong association with the sun as a source of warmth, many people think of yellow as being warmer than it is, and that can bias their thinking about color temperature. When you see it illustrated like this, it leaves little room for uncertainty about the temperature of a color. On the color wheel above a line divides it into two even halves - one side for warm and the other side for cool hues. ![]()
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