As a continuation from last week, we have searched for part 2... Basics on How to Use Colour Together from >http://precisionintermedia.com/use-Colour.html
Colour psychology is complicated field of study and goes deep into the meaning of combining Colours for a particular desired effect. We will broad brush some basics that may well enough for you to make good Colour choices for a web site with marketing in mind.
Monochromatic Colour Scheme This is the use of a single Colour in varying shades. This can be a clean and interesting. It's soothing and pleasing to the eye especially in the blue or green hues.
Complimentary Colour Scheme This is using high contrast of Colour by selecting Colours directly opposite from one another on the Colour wheel (such as pink and lime green). This puts a warm Colour with a cool Colour and is pleasing to the eye.
Triple Colour Scheme This scheme uses three Colours equally spaced from each other around a Colour wheel. It's popular with web designers and allows for a harmonious Colour scheme.
Title: Living Colours: A Definitive Guide to Colour Palettes Through the Ages
Author: Margaret Walch
Publisher: Chronicle Books (1995)
Comments: Spiral bound work book; shows 80 classic Colour schemes from art and design history.
Title: The Designers Guide to Colour Combinations: 500+ Historic and Modern Colour Formulas in CMYK*
Author: Leslie Cabarga
Publisher: North Light Books (2003)
Comments: This author doesn't teach Colour theory or even provide a Colour wheel in this book; but the book does contain a large collection of Colour combinations that work together.
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