Weekly challenge 4/17 - 4/23 The Joy of Color

[smithdan]

complimentary, with a slight shift to yellow-green and purple-red

various shades of brown for mono in the raspberries.

 

[smithdan]

Analogous (sorta)

 

[CherylL]

Monochromatic

Complementary

 

[CherylL]

Split-Complementary

Tulip by Cheryl, on Flickr

 

[smithdan]

Monochromatic... but why wouldn't black and white be complimentary?

 

[SquarePeg]

Double complementary (Tetradic)

Spring blooms at the Boston Public Garden by SharonCat..., on Flickr

 

[otherprof]

Complementary
“Like Red on a Rose”

 

[smithdan]

complimentary

 

[Vag7r1]

So help me out here please.. yellow + orangey-red + bluey-green: is that 'analogous'?

 

[SquarePeg]

So help me out here please.. yellow + orangey-red + bluey-green: is that 'analogous'?

I don’t think so. Orange and blue are complimentary and red and green are complementary. To me that is double complimentary. Analogous would be more blue, aqua, green...

 

[Vag7r1]

Oh ok, thanks for explaining that!

 

[Vag7r1]

So analogous is like sort of 'stepping stone' from one colour to another?

 

[otherprof]

Another rose ...
complementary
“Red Roses for a Blue Lady”

 

[smithdan]

..when Spot accessorizes for those "special occasions", he's a split complimentary kinda guy.

 

[SquarePeg]

So analogous is like sort of 'stepping stone' from one colour to another?

If you haven’t already, check out the first link in the first post. There are some good explanations and good examples.