Color Wheel Pro: Color Theory Basics. What is color theory?
Color Theory is a set of principles used to create harmonious color combinations. Color relationships can be visually represented with a color wheel — the color spectrum wrapped onto a circle. The color wheel is a visual representation of color theory: 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).
Color Wheel Pro: Color Meaning. Red Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love.
Red is a very emotionally intense color. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure. It has very high visibility, which is why stop signs, stoplights, and fire equipment are usually painted red. Paletfs. Henry Hensche Color Study. THE HENSCHE APPROACH TO COLOUR STUDY IN PAINTINGA brief introduction to the beginning stages of colour study with sequential examples and commentary Preface:This article is an expanded version of the piece previously written for rationalpainting.org and is about the beginning stages of Henry Hensche’s method or approach to colour study as well as some of his other ideas about colour composition in painting.
There is also the attempt to disentangle Hensche from a great number of misconceptions. One is always reluctant to write or post anything at all about what Hensche taught for several reasons, one is that I am not a teacher or a writer, I don’t know enough to be either one. Secondly there is always someone usually quite justifiably who believes themselves to be of superior knowledge and judgment always ready to condemn or be negative or destructive of anything positive that is offered freely to others, (but the reader will have to judge that for themselves).