Class ex.1: analyzing color combinations

1. Analogous colour scheme + Achromatic colors

This classic tartan Burberry pattern adopts analogous colour scheme.

(Two hues)

-Adjacent colors: orange-red and light brown
-Pantone 479 (low value and low intensity of orange-red)

-pantone 7506 (low value and low intensity of brown)

>>Saturation constant (same value of orange-red and light brown)

-Achromatic colors: (various value of grey and white) are added.

2. Monochromatic color scheme + Achromatic colors

(One hue)

-pantone 176 (various value of pink) is used.

-Achromatic colors: (various value of grey and white) are added.

3. Split complements

(Three hues)

- pantone 5255 (blue), pantone 7547 (green) and pantone 1797 (red)

-green and blue are adjacent colors

-red and green are complementary colors

>>Split complements are applied to increase energy and add interest to the color combination

4.Complementary colors

(Two hues)

-pantone 350 (green) and pantone 185 (red)

-contrasting colors are used to make the products outstand and eye-catching.

5. Double complementary

(Four hues)

-two set of complementary colors (red & green)+(blue & yellow)