What is split complementary color?

What is split complementary color?

The split-complementary color scheme is a variation of the complementary color scheme. In addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement. This color scheme has the same strong visual contrast as the complementary color scheme, but has less tension.

What is the split complementary color of blue?

orange

How do you do split complementary colors?

A split complementary scheme involves the use of three colors. Start with one color, find its complement and then use the two colors on either side of it. For example, the complement of blue-green is red-orange and the split complement of blue-green would be red and orange.

What are 3 colors that go well together?

Three-Color Logo Combinations

• Beige, Brown, Dark Brown: Warm and Reliable. ...
• Blue, Yellow, Green: Youthful and Wise. ...
• Dark Blue, Turquoise, Beige: Confident and Creative. ...
• Blue, Red, Yellow: Funky and Radiant. ...
• Light Pink, Hot Pink, Maroon: Friendly and Innocent. ...
• Navy, Yellow, Beige: Professional and Optimistic.

How do you pair colors together?

According to color theory, harmonious color combinations use any two colors opposite each other on the color wheel, any three colors equally spaced around the color wheel forming a triangle, or any four colors forming a rectangle (actually, two pairs of colors opposite each other).

How is a tint of blue related to a shade of blue?

Tints are light values that are made by mixing a color with white. For example, pink is a tint of red, and light blue is a tint of blue. Shades are dark values that are made by mixing a color with black. Maroon is a shade of red, and navy is a shade of blue.

What is a GREY blue color called?

Blue-grey (British English) is a medium bluish-gray color. Another name for this color is livid; this color name comes from the Latin color term lividus meaning "'a dull leaden-blue color', and also used to describe the color of contused flesh, leading to the English expression 'black and blue'".

What colors can you mix to make silver?

Mix 1 part blue with 1 part black, and add a small amount of white to create silver.