Chapter 8
Color Palettes
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding monochrome palettes
Discovering split complementary color
Exploring autumnal colors
Experiencing gradation palettes
Now that you know more about color, you’re ready to apply your knowledge to your creative projects. Whether you're painting a portrait, decorating a room, designing a line of neckties, or planting a garden, the color palettes in this chapter can help you choose colors for your project.
The goal of this chapter is to help you make palettes that work. Just like machines or human relationships, colors have a way of working — or not working. Precisely why colors work (or don’t) is difficult to put it into words because the visual faculty as well as a gut feeling are involved. We all see color differently, and gut feelings are subjective so they aren't always shared. Also, color tastes and preferences are culturally constructed and vary depending on custom
You're the judge as to whether colors work in a particular application, though most of us hope that our choices resonate with viewers, customers, and consumers.
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