Color harmony: What is it?

Granville, Walter C.

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“…It agrees with Granville's later remarks, which describe colour harmony as the "colour usage that pleases people." 14 More recently, Burchett 20 suggested a similar definition of colour harmony: "when two or more colours are brought together to produce a satisfying affective response, they are said to be harmonised." Note that in these definitions, the two key words pleasing and satisfying are both emotional terms.…”

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“…This is only an assumption, however, and seems to be true only if the selected colours are presented to the viewer in an ascending or descending sequence of hue, lightness, or chroma. As Granville 14 pointed out, "it is the smooth visual progression through colour space that gives the harmonious results, not that the colours bear some unique harmonious relationship to each other. "…”

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“…There is a long tradition of research into colour harmony, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] but none of the studies was acceptable either in explaining the concept of colour harmony 12 or in providing an accurate prediction. [13][14][15][16][17] These studies can be divided into two categories: those based on the orderly arrangement of colours and those based on the interrelationship between colours.…”

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A colour harmony model for two‐colour combinations

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Luo²

2006

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A colour harmony model for two‐colour combinations

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Luo²

2006

Color Research & Application

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“…9 Many researchers have agreed not only that color is a personal experience, but also that selecting harmonious color combinations is a creative process in which subjective judgment must be considered. 10,11 Therefore, the existence of the so called "objective laws of color harmony" has been denied. Sivik quotes Pope 1,7 : "In the discussion of color harmony.…”

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Influence of a holistic color interval on color harmony

Chuang

2000

Color Res. Appl.

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This study investigates how a holistic color interval, i.e., the nondirectional color difference between a pair of colors in a CIELAB uniform color space, influences perceived color harmony. A set of 1035 test color pairs displayed on a CRT was evaluated for the degree of harmony. These test color pairs consist of pairs combined from among the selected 46 test colors evenly distributed in color space. The subjects were asked to select their three preferred colors from these 46 test colors and then to evaluate the degree of harmony of the test color combinations. The color intervals (⌬E* ab ) of each test color combination were calculated and treated as values of an independent variable. In addition, the evaluated degrees of color harmony were considered as values of a dependent variable, in which statistical analysis confirmed the relationship: the degree of harmony is a cubic function of the color interval. Moreover, the plot of this relationship allowed us to identify four color intervals: roughly corresponding to the regions of first ambiguity, similarity, second ambiguity, and contrast in Moon and Spencer's model. However, our results indicated that Moon and Spencer's principles for classifying harmonious/disharmonious regions in terms of the color interval for three color attributes-lightness, chroma and hue-may be inappropriate in predicting perceived color harmony. As for the color intervals between a pair of colors considered as a function of the three attributes, the interval for lightness may have a predominant effect on color harmony, expressed in terms of a cubic relationship. Results of the study further demonstrated that the subject's choice of colors significantly influences perceived color harmony.

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“…Granville defines color harmony as “pleasant color usage.” Schanda believes that the effect of hue differences may be the most consistent effect of color harmony research results . In addition to the differences between warm and cool tones, brightness also plays a key role.…”

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Examining the color, size, and packaging design of wireless‐mouse products

Kuo

Chen

2019

Color Research & Application

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With the progress of science and technology, computer peripheral products are constantly evolving. The use of touch rather than mouse operation in mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones has gained popularity because of its convenience for browsing the Internet and using apps or communication software. However, the mouse remains an essential piece of equipment for using computer software to design products and playing computer games. Wireless mice were the subject of this study, which investigated the optimal size, color, and packaging style for various mouse products. First, this study involved assessment and comparison of the sizes of commercially available wireless mice. Five sizes of mouse were selected. We then designed experiments, and participants performed tasks and completed questionnaires. The results were collected and analyzed to select the optimum product size for users. The study examined the user's psychological and emotional responses to mouse color. By conducting semantic differential analysis, 16 colors were selected for psychological testing, and the results were analyzed to identify the most suitable color. Finally, we investigated the optimal packaging styles for mouse products. In the experiment, eight styles were combined with 10 colors to produce 80 packaging styles. We use the Likert scale to collect data. The results show that the black mouse and the size of 64.5 × 95 × 35 mm3 are the most popular.

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Color harmony: What is it?

Cited by 20 publications

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A colour harmony model for two‐colour combinations

A colour harmony model for two‐colour combinations

Influence of a holistic color interval on color harmony

Examining the color, size, and packaging design of wireless‐mouse products

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