3.1 & 3.2 Blog Post Two- Colour Palette (1)

Analogous:

Analogous colours are colours that are similar to each other.

Monochromatic:

Monochromatic colours are all the colours of the same hue.

Triad:

A Triad colour scheme is a complementary colour scheme in which the colours have an equal distance between.

Complementary:

Complementary colours are the opposite hues on the colour wheel.

Split complementary:

Split complementary colours take up one base colour and two secondary colours.

Double split complementary:

A double split complementary colour scheme is when two hues are next to each other and are paired with two hues next to each other on the opposite side.

Square:

This colour scheme consists of one base colour and three colours that are 90 degrees apart from each other.

Compound:

A compound colour scheme is when you choose a colour and the two colours next to their complementary colours. This can have less contrast than the complementary colour scheme.

Shades:

This is a colour scheme in which black is added to the main colour to create darkness in the colour.