Illusion Technologies: Graphics Design

Color Plays An Important Role In Design And Graphics
By Ken Snodin

Color schemes are fun no matter what they are being used for.
Color schemes come into play when decorating a room or painting
a house. They are created for use in web pages, clothing, or
arts and crafts. There is something joyous in looking at,
planning, and working with colors and trying to make them fit,
aesthetically, into a piece of work. Colors send emotional
messages, and they illustrate traditions, trends, or themes.
Some of the most interesting color schemes are those applied to
clothing.

In the 1970s, for example, the trend was for neon-like colors.
Pink and green were used together in for a spring fashion
extravaganza, with these two solid colors used in tunics,
shifts, skirts and pants. The two colors in combination provided
a nearly psychedelic display that nearly always brought
springtime back for anyone who wore them. Even if you look at
these colors together today, you will get the same feeling of
spring.

Needlepoint patterns contain complicated and careful color
schemes. These works use hundreds of shades of yarn and thread,
and the artistic designer of a needlepoint pattern makes use of
the appropriate color palettes by combining and integrating
shades and hues of yarn or thread to create fine lines, details,
sharp angles and shadows, and even degrees of light that make
for a nearly photographic image.

In the profession of interior decorating, color schemes are
also complex and demanding. They require much attention and a
lot of study to be effective. The interior designer must think
about things like where the light coming through a window will
strike a particular color and how big a space will look if one
color or another dominates it. These factors enter into the
decisions of where to use particular colors in a home’s
interior. The color wheel is available online at a number of web
sites to help with color scheme decisions. There is also
information online concerning the psychology of color and the
impact that specific color combinations have on humans.

Color tools are also very useful in the area of web site
design. Just like color schemes for offices and other interior
design project, color schemes for web sites are very important
to the overall success of the site. Color may even be more
important online because most web sites are created to sell
products or services, and designers want the site’s visitors to
feel positive about their offerings. Using the appropriate color
scheme and considering psychological factors that are related to
color can make a site more successful. Different demographic
factors, such as age, educational level, financial status,
ethnicity, and others can be impacted through the presentation
and layout of a web site. These elements of a site rely on color
schemes to help them do the work of selling the product or
service to a particular audience.

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