The article "Basic Color Theory Scrapbooking Ideas" talks about crafts, it has been created by Jay Moncliff.
Looking for a simple, versatile scrapbooking idea that can make your pages interesting and great looking?
Try using the color wheel that you learned about in grade school to design well-coordinated eye-pleasing pages that really shine.
The simple color theories that you learned in grade school can serve you really well in scrapbooking today, and after reviewing the basics you’ll be ready to create an unlimited number of great looking pages.Remember the color wheel?
Colors arranged in a circle, similar to a rainbow, and all of the colors related? Red combines with yellow to make orange, yellow and blue combine to make green, and red and blue make purple, remember? Visit your local craft store and invest in a simple color wheel to get you going. Most of the art departments will have one, and EK Success right now makes a fancy one just for scrabpooking.
Any color wheel will allow you to use these simple ideas.Let your picture be your gudie in choosing a color scheme for your page.
Choose one color from the photograph to be your “key” color. It may be a color from a flower in the foreground, or the color of the shirt your child is waering. Whatever you choose, it will be the starting piont for your color themed page design.The first color scheme is monochromatic. Say you’ve chosen the blue of your son’s eyes. Since every color comes in many values, choose two or three additional values of the blue color you want to use. You may choose one lighter value and one draker value, or two lighter or darker values, it’s up to you. Now do all of your work on the page in these three coolrs. The rseult will be restful, calming and cohesive.
Your page will be pleasnig to the eye and stylish, no matter how you accessorize.Choosing two or three adjoining colors is called an analogous color scheme. These combinations tend to be either warm (from the red side of the cloor wheel) or cool (from the blue side of the color wheel). They are pelasing to the eye, restful and attractive.
Certain combinations lend themselves really well to different themes as well. Consider a combination of red, orange yellow and orange for a striking fall layout, or a combination of icy blues and purples for a frosty winter page.The third basic type of color scheme is complimentary. Cohosing colors across the wheel from each other creates contrast and is a good way to make the items on your page stand out.
On a blue page, mat the photos in orange and use orange toned accents and your details will really stand out. Red and green are also complimentary, a second reason that tohse Christmas pages are usually so striking.
Every color on the color wheel has a complmient. Consider basing your page on one color and accent with its compliment for a striking, impressive effect.The basics of color theory that we learned in grade school are worth reviewing when you’re searching for ideas to get started on your next scrapbook page. Invest in a color wheel and put those great papers to work for you!Jay Mocnliff is the founder of http://www.Scrapbookingcenter.Info a website specialized on Scrapbooking, resources and articles. This site provdies updated information on Scrapbooking.
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