{"id":6183,"date":"2012-12-23T22:05:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T03:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=5229"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:36:39","slug":"20121223-a-study-in-primary-color-theory-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/23\/20121223-a-study-in-primary-color-theory-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design\/","title":{"rendered":"20121223: a study in primary color theory by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5230\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"20121223: a study in primary color theory by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/primary.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5230\" data-attachment-id=\"5230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/20101203anniversary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/20101203anniversary.png?fit=809%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"809,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Anniversary card\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Anniversary card&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Anniversary card&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/20101203anniversary.png?fit=809%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-5230 \" style=\"margin:5px;\" title=\"20121223: a study in primary color theory by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design\" alt=\"20121223: a study in primary color theory by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/primary.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20121223: a study in primary color theory by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the result of overlapping three primary colored circles in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Inkscape\" href=\"https:\/\/inkscape.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Inkscape<\/a>, then reducing opacity in varying degrees, then adding other overlapping circles with the resulting color of the overlaps. The play resulted in a fun image that shows something interesting about color, transparency, and color relationship. If you like it, please share it. If you use it, please attribute me, and thanks! (cc-by lemasney)<\/p>\n<p>lemasney, design, open source, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Creative Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">creative commons<\/a>, cc-by, typography, poster, Inkscape, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"GIMP\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">GIMP<\/a>, primary, color, experiment, study<\/p>\n<p>Look at my favorite images from this project on the <a title=\"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/slideshow-and-catalog\/\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/graphic-design-portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portfolio page<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/lemasney\/portfolio\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/lemasney\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n This image is Creative Commons Attribution licensed (cc-by lemasney)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the result of overlapping three primary colored circles in Inkscape, then reducing opacity in varying degrees, then adding other overlapping circles with the resulting color of the overlaps. The play resulted in a fun image that shows something interesting about color, transparency, and color relationship. If you like it, please share it. 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