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Opponent color theory: palettes web designers should never use

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05-21-2007, 06:26 PM
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  Old  Opponent color theory: palettes web designers should never use

In this article we will discover two fundamental color combinations that should never be used in web design. This article will focus on Ewald Hering’s opponent color theory and how applies to us as designers.

There are actually 4 fundamental hues: Red, Green, Blue and Yellow. Hering noted that certain combinations of hues were never perceived to occur together. For example, we never describe a color we are seeing as reddish-green or yellowish-blue, while combinations of red and yellow, red and blue, green and yellow, and green and blue are readily perceived. It has to be asked, what is special about these odd-ball color combinations?

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Good article, thanks.

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Originally Posted by Koreyvarcoe View Post
Good article, thanks.
No no, not at all. Good job on getting 5 posts.

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Is this your article Wildhoney? It seems to be authored my Mark Kempton.

Anyway, the article is very simple and lacks depth.

Blue is the complementary colour for yellow, it is effective and they work well together. But it is interesting to note that Mark believes it is a colour we will skim over and not remember. Therefore it would be an important aspect of colour theory to take note of.

Thanks Wildhoney, this will not be forgotten in my vast expanse of colour theory jibberish

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Rofl I feel I must defend my article against your barrage of sarcasm Julian! lol

There you go I said it!

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Sounds like a little bit of psychology in designing.

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No you don't Mark, nice article, it has brought me awareness of this aspect of colours I never knew before. Even though they are complimentary colours, the use together must trigger something that makes it difficult to remember.

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They will work together as elements, but alot of text in blue on yellow will slow down reading time. If you want to use opponent colors then let the stronger color be on top and make it bold/semibold with a larger line height than normal for easier reading. That's how I learned it.

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