A good idea of a designer, stylist, graphic designer will be hopelessly ruined due to incorrectly chosen colors. The color wheel will help you avoid annoying mistakes when choosing color combinations. Even a non-professional can easily make neutral or contrasting, but harmonious color combinations with the help of a simple online service.
The history of the invention of the color wheel
Isaac Newton was the first to decompose white sunlight into colorful stripes. In 1676, he composed a spectrum of seven pure colors, and artificial purple (the eighth color) closed the circle. Primary colors, like seven notes in music, are involved in any composition. According to Newton, the combination of two opposite colors should support the third. An example of such a triad: yellow and blue + red or green.
Deepened and improved the system of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who studied the influence of colors on physiology. His observations confirmed the hypothesis of the German scientist Ewald Hering. In the circle, opposite colors are located at diametral distance, and the third is at right angles to them. For example, a triangle is made up of orange, blue, and yellow-green or magenta. This combination looks spectacular in interior compositions.
Other versions of the color wheel are by Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald, Johannes Itten, Albert Henry Munsell, Le Corbusier, and other researchers. Usually, the primary colors are red, yellow and blue, the secondary colors are green, orange and purple, the tertiary colors are yellow-orange, blue-violet and blue-green.
Interesting facts
- Women are better than men at distinguishing shades of red. The secret is that the X-chromosome — women have one men
- Motorists around the world prefer white cars — they are chosen by every fourth buyer. Slightly inferior in popularity are silver and black cars (by 19%). There are also many fans of gray and red cars (12% and 9% respectively).
- When choosing a smartphone out of competition, gadgets in black cases are in second place — white.
- Pink calms the nerves. If you feel irritated and anxious, surround yourself with objects of this color. Fun is associated with yellow and orange, sadness — with grey and blue.
- Studies show that blue — the most favorite color in the world. It is preferred by 40% of the world's population. Red is firmly entrenched in second place, followed by green.
- The color orange is named after ripe oranges.
- Prior to the 1940s, pink was considered a masculine color, and blue — feminine.
The color wheel helps to create harmonious color combinations. In order not to make a mistake, use the help of the service. View the scheme, experiment and select combinations in accordance with your tasks.
