color schemes.

There are five different kinds of color schemes. They are monochromatic, analogous, complementary, split-complementary, and tetradic.

The monochromatic color scheme is where different tints and shades or one color are used for a full composition. A tint is made by mixing the original color and white. A shade is the mixture of the original color and black. This color scheme is usually considered boring.

An analogous color scheme is when colors that are next to each other on a color wheel are used in the same composition. A few examples of this are red, red-orange, and orange, or violet, blue-violet, and blue.

Complementary colors are pairs of colors that are opposites on the color wheel. When theses two colors are exact color opposites they produce white. The complementary colors are green and red, yellow and purple, and blue and orange. To make the complement of red the other two primary colors would have to be mixed, same goes for all of the other primary color's complements. When two complements are precise complements under the scientific definition they produce brown. When the colors are placed next to each other the two colors appear brighter.

Split complementary colors are when you look opposite a color on the color wheel and choose the two colors on either side of the original complementary. Therefore having three colors such as, yellow, red-violet, and blue-violet.

The tetradic color scheme or quadrads are any four colors with a logical relationship on a color wheel. Double complements are an example of tetradic or quadrads color schemes.

These are examples of my own work with complementary colors, red and green, and yellow and purple.