A moving color scheme centers around the lightest primary color, yellow. Yellow create motion; it is expansive, often dominating other colors, and is a hue that advances toward the viewer. The energetic nature of the sun is often represented by children as a big yellow ball in the sky. In maximum saturation, yellow can be the most aggressive of hues, more so even than red. When mixed with white, yellow convery even more lightness and energy. The last of the true warm colors on the color wheel, yellow is cherful, uplifting and spirited; it stimolates communication,intellect and attention to detail. In China, yellow was traditionnally the color of the emperor, and it carries the connotation of power,wisdom, tolerance, and patience.
The active nature of primary yellow is unleashed when it is paired with its complement, violet; the combination vibrates with energy and motion, and is often seen in nature--for example, lupine and Scotch broom blooming in the wild, and early spring flowers like daffodils. iris,crocurs, and freesia.
