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Vladimir Kandinsky

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Basic Color Theory
by Kandinsky

Color is of great value, harmonious color combinations can express all possible emotions and spiritual values. Each color has its own expressive value, that is why a particular color can communicate emotions without showing real objects. Each color accent on an image should evoke associations of mystic or musical character. Kandinsky speaks about color spirituality based on color contrast. When you look on an image, you distinguish between warm and cool colors, light and dark tones. Warm colors help to create an impression of the movement towards the viewer, while cool colors – away form the viewer.

Yellow is a typical earthy color, which cannot be too deep.

 Blue is heavenly color. When it is mixed with black, it expresses inhuman grief. The lighter the blue is, the more calming it is. When in the end it becomes white, it reaches absolute calmness.

Green is the mixture of yellow and blue. It expresses stillness and peace. It has no signs of joy, grief or passion. It doesn’t move or lead anywhere. The absolute absence of movement is good for tired people, but after the rest the feeling of calmness can become boring.

Light red is a warm color, which expresses force, energy, decisiveness, joy and triumph. It is a persistent and strong tone.

Middle red evokes the feeling of stability and passion. It is a strong color, which can be reduced with blue, as the heated iron can be cooled off with cold water.

Dark red as any other cool color is a deep one and it can be made even deeper with light blue.

Violet is the mixture of red and blue. It expresses grief and sickness. This color is considered the best for women of advanced age. In China it is used in mourning. 
Violet and orange are contrasting colors as, for example, red and green.

White is the harmony of silence, and in music it shows the pauses that breaks.  ‘It is not a dead silence, but one pregnant with possibilities.”

Black is an eternal silence, without future and hope. In music it is a final pause. While the white expresses joy and spotless cleanliness, the black is the color of great grief.

Grey is the balance between the white and black. It is soundless and motionless, but it differs from green, because the green is a mixture of two active colors, while the grey expresses a hopeless stillness.

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