Initial Research to colour theory
It's Getting a bit late so i thought i'd better get on with it.Intro
>>Colour Wheel Pro Dot Com
"Color Theory is a set of principles used to create harmonious color combinations. Color relationships can be visually represented with a color wheel — the color spectrum wrapped onto a circle." (Colour Wheel pro Site)
This site is quite useful in telling people the basic concept of what colour theory is and what its about despite being a corporate site trying to sell a product. Quite useful for a vague outline.
>>WebWhirlers Dot Com
This is a personal site that a Web/graphic designer has produced to explain colour and colour theory with its' relativity to real life and the world of the computer screen. It avidly describes all the relevant aspects of colour, for example, hues, saturation, tints and shades and colour mixing. What is also important is that it also explains the difference between the classic colour theory with its primary colours and the newer one.
"In classic colour theory, the primaries are red, yellow and blue. However, since here we deal with colours on a screen, it is more practical to think of red, green and blue as primaries. To explain this further we need to introduce two more terms - additive colour systems and subtractive colour systems."(Webwhirlers)
I found this to be quite useful from a Graphic Designers point of view as i consider myself to have adequate knowledge in this field.
The site also talks about colour phsycology and states about what colours provoke what thoughts and emotions from classic phsycology. Also it states about how colours are displayed on monitors which is useful. I found this to be a good site overall, although please note some areas are still under construction but the site is still quite thorough.
>>Worqx Dot Com
This site explains quite in depth about colour,colour theory and the application of colour. This stems from a guy that was also a graphic designer who 'had an eye for colour' but always wondered why two colours went together when others didn't.
This site is very in depth about all aspects including contrast,shade and tint,relevance,how the eye see's colour and understands its, colour schemes and more. It then goes on to comment on different websites and their colour schemes, saying if they work and how they work. An excellent resource!
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