However, a yellow with just a touch of blue (a blue bias) is a cool yellow. Adding red to purple warms the hue producing a warm purple.Д«ut, what about yellow? Adding blue to yellow produces yellow green which is a warm color. Likewise, there are warm versions of purple, violet is an example. Created by adding varying amounts of blue to red, these are all cool reds. Many hues of red exist between red and red purple on the color wheel. It feels warm just to look at red orange. Now look at the red orange located between red and orange, see how bright and lively it is. This is the red of fall, when the temperatures are going down. Can you see how it is much cooler than the bright red. Look at the color between red and purple вЂ“ red purple. Thus adding either blue or purple (a mix of blue and red), are the best choices when mixing a cool red. Remember from color mixing, if a primary color is mixed with a secondary color that does not contain the primary, then brown or a muddy version of the color is produced. While green is a cool color, itвЂ™s not the best choice. The cool colors are blue, green and purple. But, red is a warm color! ItвЂ™s the color of fire, how could it be cool? The answer is to mix it with a cool color. Warm and Cool Versions of a ColorД®very color has both a warm and cool version. Okay that was simple, but wait there is more. Cool colors tend to recede, so they are useful when painting shadows. Cool colors give an impression of calm, and create a soothing feeling.

Colors associated with cool, serene places. These are the colors of a peaceful forest, a winterвЂ™s snow drift.

The tertiary colors blue green, blue purple and red purple are also cool colors. Blue, green and purple are the cool colors. Think of a winterвЂ™s day or a calm setting. Warm colors are vivid and energetic, and tend to advance in space. The colors of summer, and a sunny day are warm colors. These are the colors that you associate with being warm, happy, and upbeat. Additionally, the tertiary colors red orange, yellow orange and yellow green are also warm colors. Yellow, orange and red are all warm colors. Think of sunny colors, those are the warm colors. Half of the colors on the color wheel are warm, while the other half are cool. Happy and bright colors are warm, while cool colors have a calming or cooling effect.

Warm and cool are a way of classifying colors based on the feeling they convey.

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