Color Theory Guide

Welcome to the Palettable Color Theory Guide. This document will help you understand the fundamentals of color and how to apply them to your projects.

Fundamentals

Color theory is both a science and an art. It’s about how colors relate to each other and how they affect the human psyche.

The Color Wheel

The traditional color wheel is a visual representation of colors arranged according to their chromatic relationship.

LCH Color Space

At Palettable, we use the LCH (Lightness, Chroma, Hue) color space because it is perceptually uniform. This means that adjustments to lightness or saturation feel natural to the human eye.