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| Intensity of Color - Muting Hues - Dec 16, 2008 - 12:18:28 AM |
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The basic color wheel shows you hues at 100% saturation. Pure colors. They are at their brightest. But what if you love a color, and you want the main color in your room to be that color... but the pure color is way to saturated. You may want to mute it so that it's not so bright. |
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| The Color Red - Meaning of Color - Dec 15, 2008 - 11:43:22 PM |
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| My favorite color is red. I love to wear it and see it in my home at every opportunity. But as much as I love red, too much red can send the wrong message. If you're decorating for someone else or using red in a website color scheme, you need to know what messages the color red may be sending. |
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| Cool Colors - Dec 15, 2008 - 10:40:35 PM |
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The color wheel is split between cool colors and warm colors. If you are looking for colors that are calming, then you may be looking for cool colors. So, what are these cool colors... and when do they start to become warm colors? |
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| Color Wheel - Secondary Colors - Dec 15, 2008 - 10:34:46 PM |
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| Learn the next level of colors in the basic color wheel... Tertiary Colors. Tertiary colors are created by the primary colors. Understanding how these colors are created will give you a strong foundation of the color wheel. |
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| Tertiary Colors - Dec 15, 2008 - 10:30:27 PM |
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| Learn the next level of colors in the basic color wheel... Tertiary Colors. Tertiary colors are created by the primary colors. Understanding how these colors are created will give you a strong foundation of the color wheel. |
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