In addition to the difference between cold and warm, there are also differences between expansion color and contraction color, and their functions are to enlarge or shrink objects in visual effect.
Of course, some colors look prominent or concave, which will visually affect the height of the space. There are some colors that will appear heavy or light. We can call these colors shades. Using these different characteristics of color, we can adjust the size and height of space visually.
The difference between cool and warm colors 1, cool and warm colors
The first impression of color will make people feel psychologically that there is a difference between cold and warm. This is the most common psychological effect of color.
warm colour
Red, orange and pink are warm colors. Whenever people see these colors, they will think of flames and the sun, and they will feel unusually warm and happy.
cool tone
Blue and green are called cool colors. These colors are often associated with water or ice, which makes people feel cold psychologically.
When used in indoor soft clothes, the color of soft clothes often matches the change of seasons or the characteristics of seasons (one of the most commonly used methods).
For example, white or light blue curtains are often used in summer, which will make people feel that the indoor temperature is cooler; In winter, changing into warm curtains or using warm tablecloths and sofa cover can make the room feel very warm.
Warm colors have the feeling of swelling visually. For example, the sofa in the picture below is bright, warm, expansive and compact.
However, if most soft clothes such as sofas and curtains are replaced with cool colors in the same space, it will produce a sense of contraction and the room will look more spacious.
High purity color and low purity color take the wall as an example. If you use high-purity colors, the space will be more compact (using high-purity colors in a small area will make the space narrower).
If the purity of the wall color decreases, the receding feeling of the color will make the space feel receding, making the space look more open and layered.
Expansion colors and contraction colors Warm colors like red, orange and yellow can make objects look bigger than they really are, so they are called expansion colors. Colors such as blue and green will make objects smaller than they really are, which is called shrinkage color.
This visual sense of expansion is not only related to the hue of color, but also brightness is a very important factor. Red, pink and other colors are very bright, and these colors can be used as extended colors to enlarge objects; Colors with lower lightness in the cool color system can make objects look smaller visually.
Navy blue, with low lightness, is often used as a shrinking color. Dark blue objects in space will look much smaller than they really are.
There is one color that needs special attention-black, because its lightness is 0, which is a typical representative of shrinkage color. In life, many girls (especially girls in the workplace) like to wear black stockings, because wearing black stockings can make their legs look much thinner visually than usual. This is the magic of color.
The whole space is white (expansive color), and this space is already very large. If you use expansion color again, the space will be more substantial.
Narrow spaces often use some shrinking colors, which can make the originally narrow space look bigger and not feel crowded.
The advance and retreat of color, of course, color also plays an important role-the visual sense of advance and retreat. Some colors look prominent, while others look concave. The prominent color is called forward color, and the sinking color is called backward color.
Progressive colors include red, orange, yellow and other warm colors, mainly high chroma colors; Backward colors include blue, blue-purple and other cool colors, mainly low chroma colors.
Correct use of forward color and backward color can make the space more spacious, and they have the same effect as expansion color and contraction color.