# Color Theory and Composition

- By: Lauren Champlin
- Publisher: Rio Hondo College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Rio_Hondo_College/Color_Theory_and_Composition)
- Licence: Mixed licences (each page states its own)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Rio_Hondo_College/Color_Theory_and_Composition
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/human-360930/pdf

Color is a language with the unique ability to communicate both meanings and direct sensations. Picture a row of flags: color information of striped bands is used to distinguish country affiliation. Now, on the other hand, imagine standing in front of a Rothko painting: entering fields of red and orange raises your heart rate slightly, makes you feel warm, excited, complex emotions. We are immersed in the language of color. From rainbows to stop signs to paint, color can function as code, sensa