| Hot Colors |
| Hot colors refer to red near its full saturation. Hot
colors are strong, aggressive and passionate. |
| FB9 |
FB10 |
FB15 |
| FB15 |
FB9 |
FB8 | |
| Cold Colors |
| Cold colors are blues and blue greens near full
saturation. They remind us of ice and snow and cold artic warters. Cold
colors depict a sharpness an stimulation. |
| FB74 |
FB115 |
FB135 |
| FB92 |
FB17 |
FB153 | |
| Warm Colors |
| All colors that contain red mixed with a little yellow
are warm colors. These include dull reds, oranges, yellow oranges and some
orange. Use Fully saturated red sparingly or the scheme will look hot.
Warm colors are warm and comforting, brash and exuberant. They have a
welcoming aura to them |
| FB234 |
FB27 |
FB243 |
| FB15 |
FB26 |
FB45 | |
| Cool Colors |
| Cool colors differ from cold colors in that they have
more yellow, ranging from yellow-green to aqua, and that they tend to be
paler. Verdant green (FB82)is also very cool. Cool colors remind us of
nature and are calming. |
| FB56 |
FB82 |
FB93 |
| FB96 |
FB100 |
FB110 | |
| Light Colors |
| Light colors are the palest of pastels. They have an
almost transparent quality and are restful with a sense of airiness. They
are relaxing and tranquile. |
| FB56 |
FB82 |
FB93 |
| FB109 |
FB91 |
FB181 | |
| Dark Colors |
| Dark colors have a lot of black in their composition.
They have a formal expensive look and tend to close up space. They can
depict conservatism and wealth. |
| FB237 |
FB247 |
FB89 |
| FB227 |
FB211 |
FB215 | |
| Pale Colors |
| Pale colors are also the softest of pastels, but can
difer from white in that they can have some admixture of gray in them.
They are thought of as romantic and suggest softness and gentleness. |
| FB2 |
FB38 |
FB111 |
| FB112 |
FB163 |
FB182 | |
| Bright Colors |
| Bright colors have no gray or black in them. They differ
from vivid colors in that they tend to have more white in them. They grap
our attention and cheer us up. |
| FB80 |
FB44 |
FB244 |
| FB232 |
FB62 |
FB7 | |
| Vivid Colors |
| Vivid colors tend to be 'pure' colors with little white
in them . Pure black and white are also vivid colors though! Vivid colors
shout at you, too much though and the result is tackiness and chaos. |
| FB9 |
FB228 |
FB45 |
| FB99 |
FB153 |
FB27 | |
| Dull Colors |
| Dull colors have an admixture of gray in them, softening
the color, reducing tension and giving a dreamy, meditative quality to the
scheme. Too much dullness will produce an annoyingly vague muddy
appearence. |
| FB14 |
FB23 |
FB45 |
| FB131 |
FB139 |
FB220 | |