In art and design, creating harmonious color relationships for visual expression is of prime importance. It is also unwieldy, vague, frustrating and problematic to combine pigment colours. This paper therefore proposes a mathematical model as a panacea that would fulfill the roles of heuristic, descriptive, diagnostic, prescriptive, and predictive. A triangulation of the techniques of Critical-Historical-Analytical Study, Creative Experimentation and Content Analysis was used. The paper began with the need for a model to satisfactorily solve problems related to harmonious color mixing. In addition, the fundamental characteristics of color were illustrated. In addition, the adoption and adaptation of the Colour Wheel into a series of alphanumeric codes and mathematical proposition (nH {I5 + V10} = 1, where n is the alphabetical representation of a form of harmonious color scheme; H is hue; I5 is the strength scale of five gradations and V10 is the value scale of ten gradations of the chosen hue) was explored in order to achieve a harmonious color relationship. Alphanumeric codes: M(1), A(1,2,3), DC(1,7), SC(1,6,8), NC(1,5,6 or 8), TR(1,5,9), B(1,6,10) and TD(1,3,7,9 or 1,4,7,10) represent the following schemes: Monochromatic, Analogous, Direct Complementary, Split Complementary, Close Complementary, Triadic, Balance and Tetrad. Any hue first selected on the color wheel is 1, then, to pick another number of hues prescribed for a desired scheme, count clockwise/anticlockwise. And the article ended with recommendations for artists and designers to internalize and use these codes and formulas, which become intuitive and useful with practice.
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Ebigbagha, Zifegha Sylvester
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