Color Rows

In addition to angular harmonies, color rows are a further method to achieve a harmonic color sensation. Even without an angular harmony, color rows still seem harmonic. A color row consists of areas that are lined up and whose colors gradually change. One example for such a color row is yellow, lime, green, turquoise, cyan, blue:
 

 Color row
 

Color row

 
We can achieve a very good effect, if there is also a gradual change in colorfulness and brightness:

Color row

Brightness and colorfulness are gradually decreasing from left to right. Such contrasts are called coloful-uncolorful contrast and light-dark contrast. These contrasts are described in detail on the following pages.
 
 
If a color row consists of so many color families that they take up at least half of the color wheel, this color row can have the effect of an angular harmony as well:
 

 Color row with angular harmony
 

Color row with angular harmony

Color row with angular harmony, light-dark and colorful-uncolorful contrast

Color row with angular harmony, light-dark and colorful-uncolorful contrast

 
The last illustration also shows a light-dark and colorful-uncolorful contrast, except that this time the color row begins bright and uncolorful and ends colorful.
 
The following illustration does not show a color row with angular harmony:
 

 No color row
 

This is no color row with angular harmony, because the colors are too far away from each other to represent a gradual change.