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COLORS have psychological implications, but they are difficult to categorize because of personal and cultural differences. Be mindful of the context of your film and take care to avoid cliches and stereotypes -- of course you may want to highlight or subvert these stereotypes, but in that case you need to be aware of them.

FOUR-WAY SPLIT COLOR SCHEME. This scheme involves four hues, usually equidistant around the color wheel. Af four-way split is an extremely complex scheme that has to be carefully managed.

SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY Color Schemes start with a hue such as cyan and then add analogous pairs of complementary or near-complementary hues such as yellow and orange.

Red, Yellow, and Blue.

ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEME involves colors that are close together or analogous on the color wheel. The above example uses Yellow and Green.

COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME utilizes colors that are opposite on the color wheel -- these are complementary colors. Examples are Orange-Blue or Yellow-Purple or Magenta-Green. 

MONOCHROMATIC Color scheme involves one color throughout the entire scene, sequence, or film.

Analogous colors are neighbors on the color wheel. The third rule of color interaction states that when analogous colors are placed next to one another, they appear to push apart, or separate, in their position on the color wheel. They will seem more different in hue than they are.