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1. mytaxsite.co.uk,

Nov 15, 2011 5:56 PM in reply to JimVag1947

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JimVag1947 wrote:

When creating color schemes i often encounter the term accent.

Fo example, that a specific color should be used as accent.

What that means?

Accent colors are colors that are used to emphasize a particular area or item in a picture or surrounding. For example, you might have a colorful picture of a bed room and so you might want to emphasize the furniture in that room to make a point. You might emphasize the bed sheets, blankets and pillows so that your audience can see them instantly among all the vivid colors. See the red color in the b&w picture below.

On a serious note, how is Greece now that you have a new guy at the helm? Is Greece prepared to be thrown out of the Euro completely? Messrs Merkel & Sarkozy are serious to get rid of smaller countries that are a burden to their economies.

Good luck.

<http://www.prokalo.com/canon-powershot-color-accent/>

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2. JimVag1947,

Nov 15, 2011 11:43 PM in reply to mytaxsite.co.uk

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About these accent colors, do designers usually use warm colors for them?

Regarding the other issue you are mentioning I will send you a PM,not here in the forums, so you can here a different opinion.

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3. Jacob Bugge,

Nov 16, 2011 2:44 PM in reply to JimVag1947

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Jim,

do designers usually use warm colors for them?

The right colour is a striking colour that underlines the emphasis, whatever is usually done.

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4. JimVag1947,

Nov 17, 2011 2:49 AM in reply to Jacob Bugge

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Ok Jacob, it is clear now to me the meaning of an accent colour.

Despite though the theory is straightforward, some practical issues concern me.

In this tutorial http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.ht m#analogoushttp:// it is explained, what our strategy should be when choosing a color scheme.

Suppose though we choose a triad color sceme. It says for example one color to dominate and two for accent.

My question is(not an easy one i think)IF we "play" with the value and saturation(of colors other than base) how much the above rule will change.

Now i am messing with details-they are crucial though.

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5. mytaxsite.co.uk,

Nov 17, 2011 2:14 PM in reply to JimVag1947

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You will be better off asking such question on this forum:

<http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/photoshop_windows>

Your question is more about photoshop and very little about web design. Photoshop forum has all the experts dealing with such things.

Good luck.

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