Analogous Color SchemeThere are a lot different ways to combine colors into a palette or color scheme. We will only be covering a few of the basic ones. Picking a color scheme for your design is important because people look at items that have a pleasing, harmonious color scheme longer than items that have clashing colors. The first step in all of the methods of picking a color scheme is to first pick a dominant color.  Got a color in mind? Great! Let’s start with our first color scheme

Analogous Color Scheme

– Analogous means similar or comparable.

– Uses colors that are near each other on the color wheel

– Easiest way to create a color harmony

-Color scheme that often found in nature

 

How to Create an Analogous Color Scheme

-Pick a dominant color (gets used the most)

-Choose up to two more colors on each side of the dominant color to go with it

-These colors are a support color (gets used 2nd most often) and an accent color (gets used the least, can be used in combination with blackwhitegraybrown)