little black arrows on color schemers...

Feb 13th, 2014 at 12:36 AM
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Was reading through Color Schemer's info pdf and didn't see the answer.

Trying the understand the relationship of colors in the color wheel.

In the color world, is the color at the top of the wheel considered "opposite" to the opposing color at the bottom?

Also, what are the little black arrows indicating??? (see image)

Thanks!

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Feb 13th, 2014 at 06:09 AM
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Ok, for eg in art blue and orange are opposite, so yeah the colour wheel is when you open it opposites this is in art and design, this does NOT always work in web design, that's why the colour wheel on CC's colour wheel is easily manipulated by the right menus. The arrows I've posted a screen grab to help you understand.

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Feb 13th, 2014 at 06:57 AM
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Learn something new every day. I use the color wheel a lot, but never associated the arrows with the corresponding colors on the right. I've changed them, and just ignored the arrows I guess. Thanks for bringing that up Vitamin, and thanks for clearing that up G'Kar! I really think that is something that should be added to the documentation though. Hope Scott picks up on that! Or did I miss that too? :P
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Feb 13th, 2014 at 07:14 AM
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And see that dropdown menu where it says 'Analogous colors'? You can choose complementary, triadic and a couple of more colour combinations.
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Feb 13th, 2014 at 07:41 AM
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Inger wrote:
And see that dropdown menu where it says 'Analogous colors'? You can choose complementary, triadic and a couple of more colour combinations.


Yes Inger I use the drop down menu quite a lot and it can give you options.
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Feb 13th, 2014 at 07:47 AM
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Gunsmoke wrote:
Learn something new every day. I use the color wheel a lot, but never associated the arrows with the corresponding colors on the right. I've changed them, and just ignored the arrows I guess. Thanks for bringing that up Vitamin, and thanks for clearing that up G'Kar! I really think that is something that should be added to the documentation though. Hope Scott picks up on that! Or did I miss that too? :P


I wouldn't be so hard on yourself, I think sometimes even programs that we know well can surprise us sometimes in what they have to offer. The color schemer is quite a nice little tool and can be quite helpful for what it's designed to do. Yesterday my wife was using Zoner 15 pro, I thought I knew everything there was to know about the program and I just watched my wife use some text over an image using formatting and I said I've never seen that before, I thought that's nifty.
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Feb 13th, 2014 at 08:52 AM
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HMMMM I do not own this yet. One of the very few cc programs I don't own. May just have to grab it!
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Feb 13th, 2014 at 08:58 AM
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Steve wrote:
HMMMM I do not own this yet. One of the very few cc programs I don't own. May just have to grab it!


Do you have the HTML editor Steve? It's also on there
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Feb 13th, 2014 at 09:47 AM
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Yes i do have the HTML editor! Really? I never knew that I will have to check!
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Feb 13th, 2014 at 09:57 AM
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Steve wrote:
Yes i do have the HTML editor! Really? I never knew that I will have to check!


Yeah mate under tools I think. I cant get to a computer at present but I think its there
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