Design Nomenclature / Color
Contrast of temperature
Also called cold-warm contrast, warm-cool contrast
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Difference read as warm against cool. It is relative, never absolute: a blue-leaning red is cool beside a scarlet and warm beside any blue. Warm hues advance and cool ones recede, which makes temperature the cheapest way to build depth on a flat surface without touching value.
