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COLOR RULES Taking into account that there are many types of colors we see how they are classified into: 1. Primary colors: They are those that cannot be created by mixing other colors are red, yellow and blue 2. Secondary: Are those that are achieved by directly mixing the basic colors, example: • Red + Yellow: Orange • Yellow + Blue: Green • Red + Blue: Violet 3. Tertiary: They are those that are generated by combining the primary and secondary colors such as: •

Yellow orange,

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Yellow green,

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blue violet,

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Red violet

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Orange Red

Color harmonies It means coordinating the different values that color acquires in a composition, that is, those colors that can be easily combined in a color palette • Complementary colors: they are known as those that are equidistant in the chromatic circle, that is, one in front of the other • Analogous colors: those that are located on each side of the main color of the color that we have selected in the color circle • Triads: They are those that are located 120 ° from each other on the color wheel forming a triangle

We must bear in mind that these are not the only ways to have a color palette but they are the most used and the ones that give better results

In all the chromatic harmonies three colors can be observed 1) Dominant color: which is the most neutral and with the highest intension, serves to highlight the other colors that make up our graphic composition, especially the opposite 2) The tonic color: it is the complementary of the dominant color, it is more powerful in color value, and that the one that is used as a note of animation or boldness in any element 3) The color of mediation: This acts as conciliator and mode of transition between each of the previous two, it usually has a situation in the color circle close to that of the tonic color...