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Color Theory – Quick Reference Sheet For Designers
If you don’t want to read it and already know a lot about it you can skip to download links at the bottom of this article.
What is Color Theory:
I hope you know about Color Theory. Color theory is a body of practical guidance to the visual impacts of specific color combination and how to mix colors. Its a theory of visual arts and its principles first found in the books of of Leone Battista Alberti (c.1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (c.1490). It developed as an independent artistic tradition with only superficial reference to colorimetric and vision science.
Could You Remember All Design Theories?
For designers in general and specifically graphic designers or web designers, there is a lot to keep in mind while you creating design, graphic design or web design. Some times one feel it’s hard enough to not forget all the theories of design / graphic design, web design best practices, and even Photoshop keyboard shortcuts.
Info Graphic is a solution:
But Jeff comes up with a solution to create the info graphics for all of the basics of color theory contained in one place – specifically, a cool info graphic-esque poster. This way, he reference to the things that you may have forget after design school. His output is: The Color Theory Quick Reference Poster for Designers.
You could print it or use as a desktop wallpaper. You can reference it to your clients, team members and other related people during meetings, phone calls, or any other sort interaction.
This color theory info graphic is all about:
- The basic color wheel
- Passive vs. active colors
- Cool vs. warm colors
- Subtractive vs. additive color
- Color types
- Color relationships
- Meanings attached to colors
- Basic terms pertaining to color
Download Links:
I hope this will be true design asset for you. Here are the various files for download.
- Download Color Theory – Quick Reference Sheet Print-ready, PDF (11in by 17in, 300DPI)
- Download Color Theory – Quick Reference Sheet Print-ready, white background, PDF (11in by 17in, 300DPI – click to view)
- Download Color Theory – Quick Reference Sheet 1920X1200 Wallpaper
- Download Color Theory – Quick Reference Sheet 1680X1050 Wallpaper
- Download Color Theory – Quick Reference Sheet 1440X900 Wallpaper
- Download Color Theory – Quick Reference Sheet 1280X800 Wallpaper
- Download Color Theory – Quick Reference Sheet EPS file (if you want to make your own changes)
(All thanks should go to Jeff for such good effort.)