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Color Theory-Quick Reference Guide Poster

Color theory is a form of applied guidance to color mixing and the graphic effects of a specific color combination. There are also categories of colors based on the color wheel primary, secondary and tertiary color. Color systems Factors such as design and the type of paper to be used have to be considered when designing for print. RGB is a color system ordinarily associated with computer displays and other displays such as LED and LCD. RGB stands for Red, Green and Blue. The RGB color mode uses these base colors to form just about any other color because RGB are additive colors. For instance if you want a yellow color, you simply combine red and green. It is obviously more complicated than this but modern day printers know exactly how to combine these colors in varying amounts to ensure that you end up with the color desired.  CMYK works totally differently from RGB because instead of using additive types of colors, it uses subtractive colors. Cyan, Ma...