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Color Theory Quick Reference Poster

January 18, 2010 by Jeff

It’s always good to be able to articulate design choices to your clients; why you put something where, why you chose the color scheme you did, etc. This knowledge is one of the biggest differences between a designer and a non-designer. But there is a lot to remember when it comes to the realm of graphic design – so much so that it’s pretty much impossible to remember everything from all the theories of graphic design, to web design best practices to Photoshop keyboard shortcuts.

With that in mind, I decided it would be useful for me to have all of the basics of color theory contained in one place – specifically, a cool infographic-esque poster. This way, I can quickly reference things that may have slipped to the back of my mind since design school. The end result is this: The Color Theory Quick Reference Poster for Designers.

The idea is that this graphic can be either printed out or used as a desktop wallpaper. During meetings, phone calls, or any other sort of client interaction, you can reference this poster if you need to – either for your own benefit, or to point something out to your client.

The graphic contains info on:

• the basic color wheel
• passive vs. active colors
• cool vs. warm colors
• subtractive vs. additive color
• color types
• color relationships
• meanings attached to colors
• basic terms pertaining to color

Hopefully this will be as useful to you as I’m hoping it will be to me. Here are the various files for download – please share, but don’t pass off as your own!

• Print-ready, PDF (11″ by 17″, 300DPI)
• Print-ready, white background, PDF (11″ by 17″, 300DPI – click to view)
• 1920X1200 Wallpaper
• 1680X1050 Wallpaper
• 1440X900 Wallpaper
• 1280X800 Wallpaper
• EPS file (if you want to make your own changes)

Rev developers: check it out. Good to know as CMYK comes to Revolution.

GREAT poster!