I need help with color combinations!

[aicabsolut]

yeah i thought about red b/c of the logos...and then I thought of French's mustard...

Blue and yellow is cool. I'd say either match saddle and tape or tires and tape.

[Zen]

tires and tape.

That sounds good to me too.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I don't know. Isn't nixing yellow and red because it reminds one of mustard and ketchup a bit like nixing blue and yellow because they remind one of CookieMonster and BigBird?:

Or like red and blue being too much like Superman?
I mean, there is no existing 2-color combination that doesn't already have multiple common visual associations.

[Zen]

Doesn't someone know color theory? Something about the blue and yellow is (I think according to color theory) right.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Well red yellow and blue are the three primary colors. Thus, yellow & blue cannot be any more 'right' than blue & red or red & yellow.
You might be thinking of 'complimentary colors', but for that you need 6 colors: yellow, orange, red, violet, blue, and green....laid out in a color circle. Then you pick the colors directly opposite each other (which you can't do with a simple 3 color primary triangle), such as blue and orange, or green and red...and those are complimentary. The complimentary color to yellow would be violet.

[SadieKate]

I'd like a promissory note for a custom headset cap of my sweetie's design. I'd get to pick the color and accessorize from there.

http://www.purelycustom.com/p-168-18...hreadless.aspx

[Pedal Wench]

I'd like a promissory note for a custom headset cap of my sweetie's design. I'd get to pick the color and accessorize from there.

http://www.purelycustom.com/p-168-18...hreadless.aspx

That's what my sweetie did. He picked out a few and designed them, but then we did a few together - - our names and hearts.

[uforgot]

Well red yellow and blue are the three primary colors. Thus, yellow & blue cannot be any more 'right' than blue & red or red & yellow.
You might be thinking of 'complimentary colors', but for that you need 6 colors: yellow, orange, red, violet, blue, and green....laid out in a color circle. Then you pick the colors directly opposite each other (which you can't do with a simple 3 color primary triangle), such as blue and orange, or green and red...and those are complimentary. The complimentary color to yellow would be violet.

Interesting. When we do light in physics, I sometimes compare (contrast?) the three primary light colors (red,green and blue) to the primary colors of paint that they learned in school because they are different. I didn't know about the complimentary colors and the circle that you mentioned, or maybe I forgot? I know you have mentioned being a graphic artist, so I'll use this info and make even MORE comparisons to the colors of light and credit you as "I once bought a saddle from a graphic artist and she said..." . More experimentation, more hands on means more learning. Thanks.

I also like the red idea because of the lettering. I like things to match to a point, and I think that would pull the whole bike together. Be careful of too much red though, (tires,bottlecage,saddle,bartape all at once) because the reds probably won't match or it will look like you tried too hard. Not that YOU tried too hard to please her, but when she takes it out. Although maybe that's just me...

[Transmutable]

Interesting. When we do light in physics, I sometimes compare (contrast?) the three primary light colors (red,green and blue) to the primary colors of paint that they learned in school because they are different. I didn't know about the complimentary colors and the circle that you mentioned, or maybe I forgot? I know you have mentioned being a graphic artist, so I'll use this info and make even MORE comparisons to the colors of light and credit you as "I once bought a saddle from a graphic artist and she said..." . More experimentation, more hands on means more learning. Thanks.

It has to do with how the color is being made, additive (light) or subtractive (pigment). The primary colors of LIGHT are red, blue, and green, which is why web colors are given in RGB code. So #005599 uses no red, 33 units (I forget how it's measured) of green, and 99 units of blue to create that light, slightly greenish blue. The primary colors of PIGMENT are red, yellow, and blue, which is why restaurants give out those three crayons to make kids reasonably happy with their color dining experience. Combining the three primary colors of light gives you white, and combining the primary colors of pigment gives you black or brown.

[Zen]

The complimentary color to yellow would be violet.

I guess I like insulting colors

[fidlfreek]

Yes, tires and tape. Tell your friend to go check out Color Theory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complem...r#Color_theory

It says purple is the way to go. I have a purple bianchi w/ yellow tires. SWEET.