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Color Characteristics

char·ac·ter·is·tic adj.
Being a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; distinctive

Color Characteristics
Color is said to have warm or cool characteristics. Warm and cool colors are characteristics qualities of hue rather than value or intensity. Any hue can be cooled by adding blue or warmed by adding yellow.

A color wheel is split nearly in half by hues containing reds, oranges, and yellows which we associate with heat, flame, or sunshine. The other half of the color wheel contains greens, blues, and violets, which relate to water, sky, and ice.
 

Effects of Color
Different colors affect different people in different ways. The table below shows some general relationships between given colors and the emotional response often associated with those colors.

Dark Cool Strength,   restraint
Dark Warm Dignity, power
Light Cool Freshness, calmness
Light Warm Gaiety,  excitement
Yellow Warmth,  brilliance
Red Gaiety, fear, alarm, warmth, anger, excitement
Orange Sparkle, warmth, autumn
Blue Quietness, serenity, coolness, joy, emptiness
Green Rest, freshness, safety, summer
Violet/Black Sadness, mystery, grief, suspense, disgust


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