The Color Brown: Emotional Response

At the end of summer there is a beautiful blast of color; it’s nice to calm our eyes with the browns that are found in nature at this time of year too—dry grass, tree bark or seeded pods. This chart contains some of the emotional responses to the color brown.

What is your favorite shade of brown?

Color Mixing: Complementary Colors

Mixing complementary colors— colors that appear opposite each other on the color wheel such as 
red and green, purple and yellow, blue and orange— create a variety of  browns.