Color Theory & Psychology
Name the 3 primary colors
What is: Red, Yellow, and Blue?
The man who designed Fallingwater.
Who is: Frank Lloyd Wright?
Using opposite colors, textures, or shapes to create visual interest.
What is: Contrast?
Two colors that are located directly opposite each other on the color wheel.
What is: A Complementary Color Scheme?
This interior style is characterized with heavy, symmetrical, and dramatic designs with deep colors.
What is: Baroque?
This design principle keeps a room feeling evenly weighted.
What is: Balance?
Name the term for using three colors evenly spaced around the color wheel.
What is: Triadic?
This style was popular in the 1940s-70s. It is characterized by clean lines, minimalism, and functional spaces.
What is: Mid-Century Modern?
A wall painted a different color from the others to draw attention is called this.
What is: An accent wall?
Name two colors that are most often used to create a calming bedroom environment.
What is: Blue and Green?
Le Corbusier is known as this.
Who is: The father of modern architecture?
A term that means "something that immediately captures attention in the room's design."
What is: Focal point?
Name the most popular color that is believed to increase appetite, commonly used in restaurants and kitchens.
What is: Red?
The man who created the Barcelona Chair.
Who is: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe?
Designers often group items in odd numbers, like three, to create this effect.
What is: Visual balance or interest?