How to Use Color to Set Mood
This week our focus will be Color!!!!
Tutorial by Julie Kelley, Creative Team Member
Tutorial by Julie Kelley, Creative Team Member
A layout can portray a drastically different mood depending on your color choice. What kind of mood are you looking for? As a general rule, reds, yellow, oranges are"warm" and tend to add excitement to your layout while blues, greens and neutrals tend to be "cool" and more calming. As an example, take a look at this layout:
Layout Credits: Digital papers, elements, and wordart from the "Delight" kit by Jomi Designs
The deep red with orange hues was meant to show off the heat of summer. The wordart was a perfect expression to help the mood.
The next layout, using the same picture, and an extrememly similar layout suggests a totally different mood, evoking the calm of the sea, and the calm of summer life.
Layout Credits: Digital papers and elements from the "Brand New Baby" kit by Shannon Lee Designs
Here are links to more color theory sites...
http://www.colormatters.com
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/color/a/symbolism.htm
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html
http://www.myth.com/color/meaning.html
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