In my book, Paint Happy! (2002, 2004 North Light Books), I talk about ratios of warm to cool colors. My theory is that all (Yes, I am getting a bit global here!) design is based on Repetition/Variation of design elements. Designs (any image) have a ratio of one to the other.
Here's an exam
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUB6P7IHCGNJItBhKX0lYq_GzmoJdKwcC67GlynwrJC02tUojFXv6nECyqKZvsOoAvrH0qbu4_y201gBG2G3g7-3HaWA1i-gJYQZajMdOhgQ9TXNuWuckBpxl90GQ0Gyt-z2dki2XBxwAw/s200/Red_Fish_Blue_Fish_web.jpg)
First I created the painting Fish Dinner with mostly warm colors (orange and yellow) in a ratio to cool colors of about 70%/30%. Then, a few years later I wanted to revisit the theme, but with cool tones, so I painted the next picture, Red Fish Blue Fish. The painting isn't a slavish copy of it's warmer sister, mostly because I don't do slavish copies, it's not in my temperament. Nonetheless, it's close enough that you can see how the ratio of warm to color colors is
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX82CbwDZ61GR1tsTugyvI64IuC0TV-HzvtRj4WSxUVd89lc-88N3SY-XSAwtZxyLCFbDr6HvhXOWFbTuu5cMk9BW7utlIhSnsX-JRkaEqw8XOdPz5qwL7M2KYyF3_svCMpiRqnNqcL236/s200/FishDinner_PH_web.jpg)
See more of my Paint Happy series of art on my site.
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