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color harmony are all warm, the room
will be more restful than one that uses
colors from both sides of the color
wheel. Figure 11-12 shows an example
of an analogous color harmony.
An analogous color harmony will
look best if you choose one color as
the dominant color and use smaller
amounts of the others to add interest
and variety. You may also want to use
a tiny amount of an unrelated color as
an accent.
Triadic Color Harmony
A
triadic color harmony
uses any
three colors that are equally distant from
each other on the standard color wheel.
The triadic color harmony will follow a
pattern of using every fourth color on
the color wheel. For example, yellow,
blue, and red—the primary colors—
form a triadic color harmony, 11-13.
The secondary colors—green, orange,
and violet—also create a triadic color
harmony. The two other possible color
combinations are: yellow-orange, red-
violet, and blue-green; or red-orange,
blue-violet, and yellow-green. Design-
ers use great care and skill to achieve
pleasing triadic harmonies. Changing
values and intensities can lessen the
sharp contrasts.
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11-9
Shades of green and red are used in
this contemporary bedroom to create a
complementary color harmony.
11-10
A split-complementary color harmony
uses a main color with the colors on
both sides of its complement.