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Colours are often described in terms of temperature as “cool” or “warm”. These psychological associations have a lot to do with certain physical characteristics, like red-fire-warm, yellow-sun-warm or blue-ice-cold, green-shade-cold. Still, the feeling of warm and cool is relative. The same color might appear cool in the company of warm yellows and oranges and warm surrounded by cool greens. (I’ll look at it closer later this month when talking about contrasts.) When thinking of the colour…

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Colours categorised as warm include hues evident in imagery depicting fire, hot climates and warm/desert geographic locations. This includes yellow, orange, pinks, reds, red/purple and greys plus neutrals with warm undertones. Warm colours do not reflect the Kelvin temperature scale which indicates that red light is at the cooler end of this scale. Warm colour palette illustration by Zena O’Connor, PhD © Design Research Associates

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forest at sunset in yellow, orange, turquoise and dark green has text, Warm vs. Cool Colors, learn to use them well for art, fashion, interiors, marketing.

Understanding the difference between a warm vs cool colors is integral to color theory. This blog post will help you choose the best color combinations not just for art – for home interior design, clothing, marketing, and business branding too!

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