Archive for the ‘Color Theory’ Category

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Understanding fundamental color relationships enables you to recognize and then skillfully harmonize the underlying. In other words, your ability with color grows beyond a common color coordinating mindset. Enhanced understanding grants you the choice to create simply with color —or— more complexly.

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Q. Can you look at the paint color formula before you have a custom paint color mixed and somehow know what the undertone will be?

Color Bud, Lynne Whiteside, left this comment on a previous post:

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“Please point me in the direction of affects of natural light on wall color. North, South, East, and West all have their own reflective color and I need more information. Thanks a million.”

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Here’s my answer. The popular cut-n-paste on the web goes something like this:
North = Blue,
South = Yellow,
East = Green,
West = Orange

Lots of comments on this one – comments are longer than the actual post!

Compass Color Rose™ shows you how to select wall color based on quality of light in order to coax mood and construct atmosphere — literally out of thin air! Best of all it works with ALL brands!

The geographic direction of fenestration matters when it comes to choosing paint colors — because windows and doors allow natural light to illuminate the interior and grants each space its own quality of atmosphere.

Rose is finally going to have her time in the sun.

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Memorizing color theories will not make you a color expert. If you study them, it simply means you know more than you did before and are obligated to be more aware.

Color theory is not a prescription or a recipe. It is theory. The definition of the word “theory” tempts the naturally curious: “hypothesis, belief”.

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You want to know how partnering the right paint color with your light will produce specific moods and create atmosphere. Stay tuned on Color Budz and I will show you HOW to choose paint colors based on the quality of light in your space. Best of all my method works with every paint brand out there!

When you have the skills to partner the right pitch of nuance with a room’s inherent light sources, you can create an advanced level of color harmony. The result is a sophisticated atmosphere that looks professionally crafted.

It’s a unique idea — but I’ve been talking about it for years on the decorating forums.

If you are currently marketing your own paint line of colors and would like to know how your palette can be aligned and customized for specific light exposures, give me a call.

LUMINOSITY

Color is a wavelength. Wavelengths can be measured and therefore the luminosity of a color can be measured. The definition from dictionary.com says it more clearly than I could: “the brightness of a light source of a certain wavelength as it appears to the eye, measured as the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at that wavelength.”

Luminosity of a color is about how LIGHT or DARK it literally is; how much light it keeps and how much it is able to emit or bounce back into the room. Notice on the graphic how the lightness of the …

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Many people do not have a good grasp of basic color theory terms — and that includes many paint professionals. A clearly defined color vocabulary will sharpen your color expertise and help you navigate the paint store more efficiently.

Hue and color do not mean the same thing in every context. Confusion sets in when you also consider widely held opinion that says hue and color are interchangeable terms.