Colour theory

[Translate to English:] Teaserbild Hell-Dunkel Kontrast

Light-dark contrast

The light-dark contrast is created when light and dark coloured surfaces lie next to one another.

Cold-warm contrast

The cold-warm contrast is based on how colours are perceived by humans as ‘cold’ and ‘warm’. For instance, red, orange and yellow are warm colours, and blue and green are cold colours

[Translate to English:] Teaserbild Kalt-Warm-Kontrast

[Translate to English:] Teaserbild Farbe-an-sich-Kontrast

Colour-in-itself contrast

The colour-in-itself contrast occurs when two or more powerful, bright colours are combined with one another. The further the colours are apart from one another on the colour wheel, the higher the contrast.

Quality contrast

Quality contrast is when a bright, vibrant colour meets a less saturated colour, for instance grey.

[Translate to English:] Teaserbild Qualitätskontrast

[Translate to English:] Teaserbild Quantitätskontrast

Quantity contrast

Quantity contrast is the effect of the sizes of colour surfaces compared to one another.

Complementary contrast

Complementary contrast involves combining two colours that are complementary to one another. This means that they lie opposite one another on the colour circle.

[Translate to English:] Teaserbild Komplementärkontrast

[Translate to English:] Teaserbild Simultankontrast

Simultaneous contrast

Simultaneous contrast is created when one motif on two adjacent colour surfaces appears in different colour on each surface.