Passive colors: these colors are the cooler hues on the color wheel and appear to recede backward when placed with active colors.

Active colors: these colors are the warmer hues on the color wheel seem to move forward when placed against passive colors.

Analogous colors: colors close together on the color wheel.

Complementary colors: colors opposite each other on the color wheel.Think about your favorite brands, what colors they use, and what message they are trying to send to potential consumers. Depending on the message you want to send, you may choose a certain color over another. Color symbolism: each color represents a meaning or mood.S: Secondary Color (colors made by combining two primary colors, e.g. P: Primary Color (colors that stand on their own “true colors”) By choosing certain colors and color pairings, you can send a message to a viewer before they even know what the content is about. Knowing a few color relationships can be helpful when creating a thumbnail because certain colors complement each other, move forward or backward in a frame when placed together, or create better harmony. The tower falls on the first third of the photo and both the beginning of the stairs and the roof of the tower are positioned very closely to the crosshatches, or “hot spots.” The photo is balanced asymmetrically because while the tower carries a lot of weight on the lefthand side, the wall on the righthand side is in the foreground and thus carries a significant amount of weight in the photo as well.Ĭolor Wheel: shows the relationship between colors. It has us imagine a frame as if it were divided into thirds both horizontally and vertically elements in the frame should fall somewhere on these lines, especially in the “hot spots.” The rule of thirds/asymmetry are shown below.

Rule of thirds: this is mostly used in photography but I find it helpful when I am creating asymmetrical designs.

Asymmetry: when the objects are not exact replicas of each other, but the weight of the objects or positive/negative space are the same.

Symmetry: when something is exactly reflected over the center.

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