Looking At Color

This time we are going to be looking at how to use colors to enrich our cards and layouts.

Color is an element of are with three properties:
HUE : the name of the color

INTENSITY: or the purity and strength of the color such as brightness or dullness

VALUE : the lightness or darkness of the color

Sir Isaac Newton laid the foundation for today's color wheel with his experiments that began in 1666. A color wheel is essentially a diagram that represents the colors of the visible solar spectrum.

Primary colors : red/yellow/blue

Secondary Colors: when you mix two primary colors orange/green/violet

Complimentary Colors : are the colors opposite from one another


Using your color wheel you can place a triangle on see what 3 colors are pointed out with the points of the triangle. Next, try a rectangle to create 4 colors. One last way is by looking at 3 colors right next to each other on the color wheel. There are many combinations you can try. Click on this link and watch the video about how to use the color wheel.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVsRo1aLsbs

Your Challenge this time is so make a fall card using the triangle of 3 colors for you color scheme.

I will post my cards and layouts later on in the week. Good Luck~ Keep Scrappin'