CMYK and RGB
CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, yellow and key (Black), RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue. Both of these colour schemes are used in graphic design. The RGB colour mode is best for digital work, where as CMYK is used for print products. Before opening a document on some adobe software's you get the option to choose between both CMYK and RGB. For the majority of work that i complete is this course i will use the colour scheme CMYK, this is because i use a wide variety of different colours and to enable me to see these colours after the work is printed i will need to use CMYK. If i was to use RGB i would only be able to print out my work in the colours, red, green and blue.
Colour Schemes
To get a colour scheme, you will first have to choice a colour. Once the colour is selected you will need to double tap on the main square that indicates what colour you have chosen. So for me it was red, i double clicked on that square icon and a menu arose. This menu is the menu where you see what the colour scheme is of the chosen colour. So the colour scheme for the red that i chose was R-227,G-6,B-19, C-0%,M-100%, Y-100%, K-0% and finally the colour name was #E330613. So now if you was to open up an adobe software and you wanted that exact red you used, all you will have to do is put in those number i have just mentioned. I found this quite easy to work through because there wasn't much margin for error.
Adobe Colour Wheel
To use the Adobe colour wheel you will first need the name of the colour you want to use, so for example i will use the red i have just chosen in the colour scheme work. First, you will need to open up the internet and search up adobe colour wheel, next you will be presented by 5 different colours and each colour on a colour wheel. So the next step you will need to place the colour name into the bottom left name space. As you would of seen in the video. The colour wheel gives you colours that either match with the colour you have chosen or complement the colour. In the video i selected complementary colours, this was because i wanted to get a colour that i could use for a background, that had my logo on it so i had to select a colour that wouldn't clash with my logo. Finally, once the colour you want has appeared all you have to do is remember the name of the colour and place it into the adobe software. This will provide you with the colour you saw on the colour wheel site. We wasn't tasked with this work but i was struggling to find a colour that complimented my logo colour. I found this website very useful and while use this website in the future when i am struggling to find a colour that compliments another colour.