How to use the color wheel to create colorful presentations
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This document discusses different color combinations that can be used in presentations. It explains that there are 12 colors in the color wheel that can be combined in various ways. Some combinations include complementary colors that are across from each other, analogous colors that are next to each other, split complementary that combine two adjacent colors with a complementary one, triadic that use three colors forming a triangle, and monochromatic that use tints and shades of a single hue. Understanding these color combinations from the color wheel can help designers create effective color schemes for presentations.
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How to use the color wheel to create colorful presentations
- 2. Color combinations basics for presentation designers The 12 colors in the color wheel can be combined in different ways. Some of the colors are considered warm, and some cold. Some are considered be complementary in different ways. Colors next to each other are called analogous and using the same color and its tints tones and shades is called monochromatic. We can use these color combinations in the color wheel to create color schemes.
- 3. © Presentitude CREATING COLOR COMBINATIONS USING THE COLOR WHEEL Part II of Basic Color Theory for Presentation Designers
- 5. The warm colors on the color wheel are the reds, oranges and yellows. They are also called advancing colors. RED
- 6. Warm colors | example
- 7. The quick brown fox jumped Pack my box A large fawn Playing jazz Warm colors | example
- 9. The cool colors on the color wheel are the greens, blues and violets. They are also called receding colors. GREEN
- 10. Cool colors | example
- 11. The quick brown fox jumped Pack my box A large fawn Playing jazz Cool colors | example
- 13. Complementary colors are located across from each other and offer strong visual contrasts. When mixed they produce grey.
- 15. Complementary colors | examples
- 16. The quick brown fox jumped The quick brown fox jumped The quick brown fox jumped The quick brown fox jumped Complementary colors | examples
- 18. Split complementary colors join two adjacent colors with one complementary color, creating high contrast color combinations.
- 20. Split complementary colors | example
- 21. Section 1 The Quick Fox The Quick Fox Section 1 The Quick Fox The Quick Fox Section 1 Section 1 Split complementary colors | example
- 22. © Presentitude TRIADS AND TETRADIC COLORS
- 23. Triads and tetradic color combinations use geometric shapes (triangle and rectangle) to combine 3 or 4 colors across the color wheel.
- 24. Triad & tetradic color combinations Triads Tetradic
- 25. Triad colors | example
- 26. The quick brown fox Pack my box A large fawn Playing jazz Triad colors | example 1 2 3
- 27. Tetradic colors | example
- 28. The quick brown fox Pack my box A large fawn Playing jazz 1 2 3 Tetradic colors | example
- 30. Analogous colors are colors next to each other on the wheel. They share an undertone of the same color.
- 32. Analogous colors | example
- 33. The quick brown fox Pack my box A large fawn Playing jazz 1 2 3 Analogous colors | example
- 34. Analogous colors | example
- 35. The quick brown fox Pack my box A large fawn Playing jazz 1 2 3 Analogous colors | example
- 37. Monochromatic colors are created by different saturations (tints, tones and shades) of the same hue.
- 39. Monochromatic colors | example
- 40. The quick brown fox Pack my box A large fawn Playing jazz 1 2 3 Monochromatic colors | example
- 41. Monochromatic colors | example
- 42. The quick brown fox Pack my box A large fawn Playing jazz 1 2 3 Monochromatic colors | example
- 43. © Presentitude Are WARM, COLD, SPLIT, COMPLEMENTARY, TRIAD, TETRADIC, ANALOGOUS & MONOCHROMATIC COLORS… ARE YOU STILL WITH US?
- 44. Warm colors Cool colors Split complementary colors Triad colors Tetradic colors Analogous colors Monochromatic colors Complementary colors Hues, tints, tones & shades
- 45. Cool colors Split complementary colors Triad colors Tetradic colors Analogous colors Monochromatic colors Complementary colors Warm colors Hues, tints, tones & shades
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