Every day we let dozens or even hundreds of different colors into our visual world. We know the names of some since childhood, but we don’t even think about the names of others. What are the colors without which the whole world would be like black and white cinema?
International classification
According to scientific terminology, color means the ability of light waves to cause visual sensations of different spectrums. It is the wavelength of light that determines what shade appears before our eyes.
For example, purple is expressed by a value of 400-430 mmk, blue - 430-470 mmk, cyan - 470-500 mmk, green - 500-535 mmk, yellow - 535-595 mmk, orange - 595- 620 mmk, red is characterized by the highest rate - 620-700 mmk.
The human eye is able to perceive color with wavelengths from 400 to 760 microns. Thus, he can see not only the base colors, but also unusual shades that are formed from the merger of the main ones.
Color perception is also affected by the ability of an object to reflect and absorb one or anotherrange. So, if the body reflects red and green rays, absorbing the rest, our eye sees a yellow tint. 100% reflection of the rays gives a white color, while black is formed as a result of the absorption of the spectra.
Today, there is a single palette of the international classification of RAL colors. It presents the main and derivative shades that form unusual colors. Each one is assigned a unique code.
Basic definitions
The variety of natural colors and shades is amazing. In order to somehow navigate the world of flowers, people came up with the idea of dividing them into groups. Even the most unusual colors will find their place in this classification.
- Chromatic (containing color - red, yellow, green, blue) and achromatic (containing no color - white, black, gray).
- Contrasting (opposite in perception - red and green, yellow and blue) and close (located in neighboring spectra - blue and cyan, yellow and orange). Contrast is used as a technique to highlight the color characteristics of an object. So, if red is placed next to pink and orange shades, it will be lost, but on black or blue, on the contrary, it will focus on itself.
- Warm (fiery and sunny - red, orange) and cold (shades of water and the night sky - blue, purple).
- Pastel (soft tones that bring each color closer to white).
Color wheel:color mixing rules
The color wheel is a palette where colors continuously flow into one another. It is used both to determine a good contrast, and to obtain mixed shades. Its fields of application are design and fine arts.
To understand how to mix colors correctly, you need to visually divide the circle into three main segments, which will be dominated by red, blue and yellow. These are the main tones, mixing them together, you can get secondary colors (red + blue=purple, red + yellow=orange, blue + yellow=green).
If you mix two neighboring spectra, you can get intermediate tones (light green, lilac).
With non-traditional mixing, unusual colors are obtained, which are used in the field of cosmetology and fashion. Among them: anthracite, indigo, opal and others.
Full Spectrum Colors
Despite the official classification, creative people have come up with unusual names for colors that you don't see every day. Here are the most interesting ones:
- Aventurine is a combination of silver and black.
- Almandine - the color of ripe cherries with a purple hue.
- Amethyst is a rich blue-lilac color.
- Gaff - the predominance of bright red with the addition of blue and purple.
- Bismarck - a cocktail of yellow, brown and gray.
- Verdigri - gray with greenery.
- Viardot - a mixture of blue and green, the color of the sea wave.
- Havana –brown, like chocolate.
- Hyacinth - orange gold.
- Cochineal - red crimson.
- Marengo - gray with black splashes.
- Indigo - dark blue with a slight pink tint.
- Mardoré - red-brown with a golden sheen.
- Jade - the shade of strongly brewed black tea.
- Crimson - dark scarlet, like venous blood.
- Silk - pale cornflower blue.
- Terracotta - a shade of rust.
- Pistachio - dirty green with a gray-beige tint.
- Fuchsia - flashy pink.
- Khaki - a mix of grey, brown, yellow and green military clothing.
- Cyan is a poisonous combination of blue and green.
- Champagne - mother-of-pearl beige.
- Zinc - white with blue.
There are also quite funny names of flowers. For example, try to understand what shade the last breath of a Jaco or a frog in a swoon has. But, nevertheless, such names exist.
Unusual color names attract people, so their names are used for the color characteristics of cosmetics, clothes, furniture, cars. This is a kind of marketing ploy, the purpose of which is to lure the consumer into a novelty trap.
Also, such creative names are used to indicate skin tone or unusual eye color.
Color symbols
Each shade is individual, and therefore has a different psycho-emotional impact.
- Red is a symbol of love and passion, but in excessusing this color can cause aggression.
- Orange is the color of the sun. It causes pleasant and warm feelings, activates vital energy, awakens appetite.
- Yellow is also a sunny color. It is generally accepted that it has a positive effect on thinking. On the negative side, yellow is a symbol of envy.
- Green is the color of nature. It represents peace and harmony. Green is meant to heal mental illnesses. He is also able to attract good luck and activate the energy of money.
- Blue is the color of the sky. Symbolizes sobriety of mind, sincerity and purity of thoughts.
- Blue is a controversial color. On the one hand, it is a call for appeasement, on the other hand, it is a symbol of secrecy and lies.
- Purple is the color of inspiration and spiritual ascension.
- Pink is a symbol of tenderness, love and femininity.
- Brown - practicality and reliability.
- Gray - symbolizes both a high level of intelligence and melancholy. The predominance of this color causes boredom.
- Black is darkness and power merged into one.
- White - purity and serenity.
Unusual colors affect perception in the same way as their constituent shades.
Tell me what your favorite color is and I'll tell you what's on your mind…
We prefer this or that color and we don't even realize that our choice can tell a lot about our character and our present emotional state.
- So peoplethose who choose white tend to idealize the world around them. These are dreamers and vulnerable natures.
- Preference for gray means that a person is stable and clearly adheres to established principles. He is smart, practical, logical, does not allow illusory thoughts and expression of emotions.
- Black color defines a person as disciplined and oriented to the voice of reason. It can also indicate depression and internal war.
- Purple speaks of sensuality. People who like this color are able to charm and surprise others.
- Green can tell about willpower and a sense of justice. People who prefer this color are distinguished by constancy. They are good partners and friends.
- People who choose red as their favorite color are full of self-confidence. They are demanding and strive for higher goals. Red lovers are passionate and successful lovers, but unstable in family life.
- Orange speaks of an energetic nature, which is overflowing with a sense of compassion and justice. People of this color tend to give love and want to receive it in return.
- Yellow lovers may experience self-doubt in the future. These people strive to create an ideal world around them, filled with happiness and goodness, but most often they will be disappointed. Yellow is the most unusual color chosen as a favorite.
- Blue speaks of the philosophical and creative side of a person. Most often, this color is chosen by writers and people of art. The blue person is stable, loyal and successful.
- Peoplethose who choose pink are romantic and slightly frivolous. They dream instead of living reality.
What does your least favorite color say?
Colors you don't like can also shed light on the inner world of a person.
- Dislike of yellow can indicate loneliness and envy.
- Green dislike speaks of economic and sexual hardship and stress.
- Rejection of turquoise speaks of the fear of accepting one's essence and the desire to receive support from the outside.
- Dislike of blue expresses a thirst for possession and superiority, a desire for change. Blue is the most unusual color for smokers, and for unknown reasons, most nicotine addicts reject this color.
- Purple haters want to forget the past.
- Rejection of pink speaks of a fear of showing your sensual side.
- Red symbolizes an intense desire for peace.
- Brown is a disease state.
- Rejection of gray speaks of a desire to change something, get away from boredom and saturate life with events.
- Haters of white are realists, they are used to being guided by common sense and are more oriented towards logic than emotions. In addition, this aspect may indicate the presence of mild psychological stress.
- Dislike of black indicates resilience in the face of difficulties, courage and determination. Such people are used to solving problems, and not waiting for their solution.
Popular colors infurniture
Modern furniture design uses countless different colors and textures. Some of them have gained particular popularity.
Wenge is a chocolate-colored wood texture with black veins. It looks very stylish in both modern and classic interiors and can be combined with almost any color (plain or wood texture)
- Zerbano is one of the most original options for furniture design. This color is available in several versions (gray-beige, dark, light), and is characterized by the presence of a striped texture.
- Milk Oak is a delicate beige shade with a slight pinkish tinge. This color gives the furniture lightness and sophistication.
Different situations - different colors of clothes
When going to this or that event, we think about what image will be most appropriate and what color scheme will come in handy. Here are some color combinations for different occasions.
Friendly meetings are non-committal. Therefore, you can afford experiments and vivid images. Show yourself and your personality. Wear clothes that give you positive energy.
When going to work, on the contrary, forget about bright accents. The business style is characterized by restraint and simple lines. The predominant colors are white, black, grey.
When going on a date, you can put on an outfit of your favorite tone. So you will feel comfortable andtherefore confident. Black color will characterize you as an elegant and sophisticated personality. Red will tell about the passion raging inside. White will present you as naive and inaccessible. Bright combinations will tell about creativity and the creative side of your nature.
To surprise your lover, you can use not only a non-standard color combination in clothes, but also an unusual eye color that can be achieved using lenses.
Painting a car: custom solutions
We are used to seeing cars on the road, the colors of which are not very diverse. White, black, silver, red are the most popular colors offered by manufacturers. But there are also unusual car colors.
For example, have you ever seen a gradient car paint where one tone smoothly flows into another? What about a gold or chrome car? Or a chameleon that changes the shade of the overflow depending on the lighting? Modern technologies allow you to transform the car into a masterpiece.
It is possible to create unusual colors of cars not only with the help of plain painting. You can apply any drawing - from picturesque corners of the world to inexplicable abstraction - using an airbrush. A fashionable trend has also become the application of decor films to cars, which can imitate any texture and color.
Hair: natural tones and experiments
One of the easiest options to create a bright and unique look is to dye your hair in unusual colors. Down with boringmonotonous shades in which the girls of the whole city are repainted! Hair dye in unusual colors is now in fashion.
The palette of world stylists has always been famous for its diversity, it has shades for every taste, even red, purple and green. With the help of outrageous tones, you can add trendy touches to your image. Colored strands will be the most relevant solution in the summer, but in autumn you can dye your hair to match the foliage - motley orange or yellow will do. And for the winter period, stylists have invented silver and pearl paint that will transform you into a snow queen.
Experiment, but don't overdo it! For example, if you are an employee of a serious company, it is better to stick to a standard business image, and postpone the issue of creativity until the vacation period.
Eyes of an unusual color: photo and description
We are accustomed to the fact that the iris of the human eye can have only a few standard colors. Soul mirrors are usually green, grey-green, blue, grey-blue, and hazel.
It turns out that the usual set is not fixed and can be supplemented with other tones.
Unusual eye colors in humans can be both natural and artificial. In the first case, the shade of the eyes went to a person by nature, in the second, it was formed with the help of a foreign body.
The easiest way to change eye color is to use contact lenses. In recent years, onceA well-known vision correction tool has turned into a fashion accessory that allows you to change your image. With the help of lenses, you can transform your gaze into a feline one, turn into a demon with black or red eyes, or into a dead person with eyes without pupils. In this industry, the imagination is limitless.
The most unusual eye color that nature has endowed is purple. It is extremely rare. People with this anomaly are given supernatural powers.
In addition, there are cases when people or animals were born with different eye colors. This trend is most common among white cats.
