Complementary color lesson III

The last set of the complementary colors - Red and Green. Decided to treat you with a quote instead of just stating the facts again.

Random facts: Lady Bird Johnson was First Lady of the United States between 1963 and 1969. In Austin, Texas, she made efforts to beautify what was then called Town Lake. This included a recreational trail system that loops around the lake's shoreline and landscaping the area so it would no longer be an "eye sore". In 2007, Town Lake was renamed Lady Bird Lake in her honor.
Austin tip: If you want the locals to think you're one of them, only refer to it as Town Lake.

Fonts used - Gabriola, Rage Italic, and Kunstler Script (the letters I, R, and L to create the flowers)

images © Kelci Stephenson 2011

Complementary color lesson II

Complementary colors are often used as a set, with one color in the foreground and the other in the background to make it "pop". Blue and Orange are the second set of complementary colors.

Also - KITTIES! Because my friend said so. And naranja is Spanish for orange. Why use that instead? Because I can.

Fonts used - Gautami and Hobo Std Medium (for the name of colors and the kitties)

images © Kelci Stephenson 2011

Complementary color lesson I

Complementary colors are sets of colors opposite from each other on the color wheel. When a color is placed with its complementary color, they appear more intense. Yellow and Purple are examples of this.

On a side note, the English usage of purple and violet are interchangeable... but in color theory it doesn't work that way. Purple is the range of hues between red and blue, which can be explained as the combination of red and blue. Violet is considered a spectral color that just has a smaller wave length than blue. 

Understandable, right? Yeah.. I didn't really think so either. To me, the world violet just sounds more elegant than purple.

Fonts used - Freestyle Script and Chiller (the letters V, Y, and L to create the pansy flower) 

images © Kelci Stephenson 2011