COLORS

In this display the color YELLOW is being used symbolically.  It is also a warm color that draws the viewer toward the artwork.

Advancing
Receding
Light
Dark
Chairoscuro (literally means light and dark)
Intense
Opaque
Transparent
Primary (red, yellow, blue)
Secondary (orange, blue, violet)
 Intermediates (red-yellow, blue-green and so forth)
Warm Colors
(those colors which are hot in nature, the YELLOW sun, RED fire, ORANGE
sunset
Cool colors (GREEN grass, BLUE sky, VIOLET ice) warm colors tend
to advance toward the viewer, cool colors tend to recede
Expressive Colors
Symbolic colors (there are colors that provide cultural associations, or
change our moods)