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Notes

  1. Yellow, orange, red, yellow-green and red-purple are classified as warm colors
  2. Blue, Blue-green, Green, Blue-gray are cool colors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Colors are classified as "warm or cool" -- "advancing or retreating"

  • Yellows, orange, red, yellow-green and red-purple are classified as warm colors. They are the colors of fire and the sun. Used in large amounts these colors can make people "feel" warm even though the physical temperature has not been altered.

  • Warm colors seem to advance towards you.

  • Blue, Blue-green, Green and Blue-gray are cool colors. Cool colors can actually create the illusion of coolness to the point that people will think they are cold even though the temperature around them has not been dropped.

  • Cool colors seem to retreat away from the observer.
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