THEORY OF

ARCHITECTURE
 COLOR
WHAT IS COLOR / COLOUR?

A phenomenon of light and visual perception

that may be described in turns of an individual
perception of hue, saturation, and lightness for
objects, and hue, saturation, and brightness for
light sources
 DIMENSION OF COLORS
HUE: One of the three dimensions of SATURATION: One of the three
color. the property of light property dimensions of color. the purity or
the color of an object Is classified as vividness of a hue. Also called
being red, yellow, green, or blue, or an Intensity.
Intermediate between any pair of
these colors

BRIGHTNESS: the dimension of a

color which is correlated with
luminance and by which visual
stimuli are ordered contiuously
from very dim to very bright.
 COLOR WHEEL
A color circle, based on red, yellow and blue, is
traditional in the field of art. Sir Isaac Newton
developed the first circular diagram of colors in
1666. Since then, scientists and artists have studied
and designed numerous variations of this concept.
Differences of opinion about the validity of one
format over another continue to provoke debate. In
reality, any color circle or color wheel which
presents a logically arranged sequence of pure hues
has merit.
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PRIMARY + PRIMARY PRIMARY + SECONDARY

RED GREEN YELLOW

ORANGE

BLUE VIOLET RED ORANGE

RED VIOLET
YELLOW ORANGE
BLUE VIOLET

BLUE GREEN

YELLOW GREEN
 COLOR TEMPERATURE
WARM COLORS COOL COLORS
RED GREEN

YELLOW BLUE

ORANGE VIOLET
 COLOR SCHEME
An arrangement or pattern of colors conceived of as forming an integrated whole

One , two, or three closely

related colors in the color
wheel
 COLOR SCHEME
An arrangement or pattern of colors conceived of as forming an integrated whole

One of a pair of opposing

colors on a color wheel,
perceived as completle or
enhancing each other.
 COLOR SCHEME
An arrangement or pattern of colors conceived of as forming an integrated whole

A combination of three
colors forming an
equilateral triangle on a
color wheel
 COLOR SCHEME
An arrangement or pattern of colors conceived of as forming an integrated whole

A combination of one color

and the pair of color
adjoining its
complimentary color.
 COLOR SCHEME
An arrangement or pattern of colors conceived of as forming an integrated whole

A combination of two
analogous colors and their
complimentary colors on a
color wheel. Also called
double complimentary
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PSYCHOLOGY OF COLORS