COLOR THERAPHY

 Color therapy, also known as chromotherapy, is choosing the correct color scheme for space which is vital to the overall sense of comfort and well being. Selecting colors can be completely daunting - There is a huge range of choice, and it can be difficult to know where to start. Individual tastes in color are, of course highly subjective. In color selection it is difficult to know about the qualities of different colors, the effects they can have, how they can be used to create moods and different styles, as well as how a range of different lighting can enhance the function and atmoshpere of a room.

 There are several important objective factors involved in the selection of color schemes, such as choosing contrasting and complementary color schemes. Also important, are lighting and the psycological effects of particular colors, and the effect that can be achieved through careful color scheming. Colors can lift our moods, relax us and stimulate our senses.

 As decorative painters, we are uniquely qualified to cure the color issues challenging your interior's serenity. We apply light and color in the form of tools, visualization, or verbal suggestion to balance energy in the areas that are lacking vibrance. In one session alone, color choices for walls, ceilings and trim are harmonized.

 OUR COLOR THERAPY SESSIONS PROVIDE:

• In-home analysis of your color palette
• A discussion of a multi-room, color treatment plan
• A written color prescription specifying rooms, surfaces, paint colors and sheen

Rates start at $140 for 2 rooms. Please contact us for a more detailed quote & to arrange an in-home visit.

 COLOR THEORY AND APPLICATION

 COLOR WIZARD

To use this presentation of color, click on Randomize to create a random color with "Hue, Saturation, Tint and Shade variation". To look at the random color's range through the color wheel, click on "Monocromatic, Analogous, Triadic, Tetradic, Complimentary, Split Complimentary". To reset and look at a different random color, re-click on Randomize.

THE COLOR WHEEL

A color wheel or color circle is an organization of color hues around a circle, showing relationships between colors considered to be primary colors, secondary colors, complementary colors, etc.

Artists typically use red, yellow, and blue primaries (RYB color model), so these are arranged at three equally-spaced points around their color wheel.^[1] Printers and others who use modern subtractive color methods and terminology use magenta, yellow, and cyan as subtractive primaries.

Color scientists and psychologists often use additive primaries, such as red, green, and blue, and often refer to their arrangement around a circle as a color circle, as opposed to a color wheel.^[2]

The arrangement of colors around the color circle is often considered to be in correspondence with the wavelengths of light, as opposed to hues, in accord with the original color circle of Isaac Newton. Modern color circles include the purples, however, between red and violet.^[3]

Intermediate and interior points of color wheels and circles represent color mixtures. In a paint or subtractive color wheel, the center is usually (but not always^[4]) black, representing all colors of light being absorbed; in a color circle, on the other hand, the center is white or gray, indicating a mixture of different wavelengths of light (all wavelengths, or two complementary colors, for example).

Some sources use the terms color wheel and color circle interchangeably,^[5][6] though the one term or the other may be more prevalent in certain fields or certain versions as mentioned above. Some reserve the term color wheel for mechanical rotating devices, such as color tops or filter wheels. Others classify various color wheels as color disc, color chart, and color scale varieties.^[7]