The Color Wheel

Did you know that everyday when you get dressed you
choose a color scheme? Even if you have NO idea that
these terms indicate specific color schemes, when you
look around your home or in your closet, you will find
examples of these schemes EVERYWHERE! 

You may be thinking this is an odd post subject for me!

Well, there is a reason.

My sister-in-law, Angie, is hosting a monthly Interior

Design Club at the middle school where she teaches. 
This program is SO cool! The school is offering over 30
clubs for the kids to choose from. Everything from
Interior Design, to Science, to Horsemanship, to How
to be a Real Man. Isn't that great?!!
Angie asked if I would do a post to introduce her
students to Interior Design.  We decided to start with
color schemes.
All color schemes are based on the relationship of
colors on the color wheel. Let's start with an easy one!

Monochromatic - A monochromatic color scheme

consists of different values (tints and shades) of one
single color found on the color wheel. 

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Neutral - A color scheme that includes only colors
NOT found on the color wheel. Neutrals can include
brown, beige, and gray.
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Analogous - Analogous colors are colors that are

adjacent to (next to) each other on the color wheel.
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Complementary - Complementary colors are colors

that are opposite on the color wheel.
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Split-analogous - A color scheme that includes

one main color and the two colors one space away from
it on each side of the color wheel. (Example...green
with blue and yellow)

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Split-complementary - This color scheme
includes one main color and the two colors on each side
of it's complementary color on the color wheel.

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Triadic - A color scheme with three colors equally

spaced apart on the color wheel.
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Tetradic - Also called double complementary - A

scheme using four colors...two sets of complementary
(opposite) colors.
                                      

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Ok, here's the fun part! Look around you! Can you pick
out a specific color scheme in your home or closet?
Honestly, it's not always easy!  Some color
combinations are tricky and it's hard to designate
which scheme they fall into!
Here's another question? With which scheme are you
most comfortable? Most of us tendency
towards certain schemes. Do you tend to choose colors
that are close to each other on the color wheel? Or
opposite? Or are you more monochromatic or neutral?

Strange as it may seem, (and some of you may be

thinking, "yeah, it's strange") I find this
fascinating! Makes you look at color with a whole new
perspective!