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Colours of Men

 

            Definition: Blues, greens, and purples are considered cool colours. In aerial perspective cool colours are said to move away from you. .
             "Cool colours- blue, green, or violet- are psychologically calming, soothing, or depressive, and unephatic; optically, they appear to recede and contract. These characteristics are relative, however, since intensity and value also affect the spatial action of warm and cool colours. Intensely coloured shapes appear larger than duller ones of the same size. Light-valued shapes seem to advance and expand while dark-valued ones seem to recede and contract." .
             Blues and greens can introduce a cool mood into a room. The level of coolness will depend on the intensity of the colours. Cool colours can also be used to change the appearance of a room, pushing back walls and furnishings and making the room appear more spacious. They look best in a room with a sunny exposure, where the colours counteract some of the strength of the direct sun. They should be avoided in shaded rooms. .
             cool colours are the ones around blue on the colour wheel: blues, greens, and purples. .
             Painters talk about colour temperature in more subtle ways. When we say that a colour is warm or cool, we usually mean relative to some other colour. For instance, sky blue is cooler than blueberry blue. Grass green is cooler than olive green. So there are cooler and warmer blues, greens, and purples. It's all relative. .
             Why should you care? Because, to the human eye, cool colours appear to subtly recede (or move back deeper into space).
             Cool (Magenta): This category is based on hues that have a magenta bias.
             Cool (Cyan): This category is based on hues that have a cyan bias.
             Cool colours are purple, blue and green. These colours tend to recede into the picture plain. In other words, these colours seem to look further away to the viewer, then the warm colours (red, yellow and orange).
             Cool colours: blue, purple, rose (a pink red), pink and white.


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