Beginner Guides

Understanding Warm vs Cool Colors

Warm colors contain more yellow, gold, or red in their base and tend to evoke sunlight, fire, and earth, think coral, mustard, and terracotta. Cool colors contain more blue in their base and tend to evoke water, ice, and shade, think sapphire, lavender, and icy pink. This same warm-or-cool distinction applies to human coloring too: …