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Our artistic mastery comprises of innovative use of colors and colored gemstones to produce a captivating piece of jewelry. Our designs feature rare skills of adding fabulous splash of color to jewelry with fine quality gemstones, enamels, beads, patinas, resins and much more. Mixing colors is an art. You are sure to be dazzled by the ingenious use of color contrasts- contrasts of pure color, bright- dark contrast, warm-cool contrasts, contrasts between complementary colors, simultaneous contrasts, quantitative contrasts and qualitative contrast , depicted in our various ring designs that are an epitome of expression, eloquence, coherence and rhythm. Every design is well considered to take advantage of texture, transparency, shine, size, shapes and colors of gemstones to construct a radiant and resonating jewelry that is an icon of beauty for your eyes. Our compositions encompass various colors that are carefully picked keeping in mind the color harmony using the schemes of complementary colors, split- complementary colors, triad colors. square tetrad color harmony and rectangular tetrad color harmony.
Understand Color to create an “Absolutely Thrilling” Jewelry Composition.
Color is intimately related to the psychological visual phenomenon that takes place in our eyes. In jewelry design we use it as an expressive vehicle for symbolic imagery. Color sensations or the subjective dimensional qualities of color include the following:
Hue- It is the pure color. There are three primary hues: Red, blue and yellow. Yellow is the color considered closest to light and warmth; red the most emotional and active while blue is passive and soft. Yellow and red tend to expand, blue to contract. In association with each other they may take new meanings
Value- It is the degree of lightness or darkness. It is the relative brightness, from light to dark, of value or tonal gradations. The amount of light reflected from any color strongly affects how colors are seen. A lower value is darker, though not necessarily duller(intensity). Pink has a higher value than maroon, because it is lighter. Inother words higher values are lighter and lower values are darker. Yellow is the lightest color and violet is the darkest. Yellow has a higher value than violet.
Saturation- It is also know as chroma or intensity. It is the measure of the purity and brightness, or grayness, of a color. Low intensity is duller and high intensity is brighter. A high saturated color will appear almost as pure as transparent gemstones with light passing through them. On the contrary, colors with low saturation appear dull, as if thin layers of grayed paint had been painted on top of purer hues. Less saturated colors reach toward neutrality of color and are subtle and restful. The more intense or saturated colors are highly charged with expression and emotion. Tint, shade and tone are similar to values and intensities. They are another way of saying similar things about manipulating color hues Tints are colors with white added to them Shades are colors with black or gray added to them and Tones define the relative darkness of a color. For example violet has a dark tone and yellow has a light tone. Red and green have the same tonal value At sndgems.com we use high quality natural colored gemstones with metals to bring out the tantalizing beauty, character and personality of colors in our sensational designs/ compositions with due consideration to all color details like, hues, values, saturation, luminosity, contrast and more.
Basic Popular Colors and what they Convey
Colors have strong affinity with emotions. They are a crucial source for visual communication. Our designers make the best use of the creative potential of colors and colored gemstones to create a captivating and emotionally charging piece of jewelry. Explore below some of the meanings and symbols associated with some of the basic colors.
Red: Red is emotionally intense, full of itself, causing the heart to beat faster and the lungs to breathe faster, as well. Red can be an extreme color. The ancient Egyptians wrote their curse-words in red ink. I guess now we know that ancient Egyptians had curse-words. Red can evoke love, and anger. Red can indicate a person is in control, and challenge others to question that control. Red can be destructive, as well as signify re-birth. Red stimulates appetite. Red does a lot – a lot of extreme things. Red gemstones can be used to strengthen the body, promote will power and courage, add vitality, overcome sexual dysfunctions.
Blue: Blue is the most popular color for fashion. It shows loyalty, honesty, calmness, reliability. It should come as no surprise that people are most productive in rooms that are painted blue. Even weight lifters can lift heavier weights in blue settings, than in non-blue settings. Blue gemstones promote peace and are used to calm ragged emotions. They are used to provide relief to people who have difficulty sleeping or who have nightmares. They offer inspiration and enhance the quality of communication.
Yellow: Yellow is full of creative and intellectual energy. Yellow symbolizes wisdom. Yellow means joy and happiness. People of high intellect favor yellow. It is believed that Carrying or wearing yellow gemstones promotes the ability to express. They are excellent stones for writers and public speakers to increase eloquence. The yellow stones stimulate movement and mental awareness. They are used to enhance decision making skills. The jewelry designers at HYPERLINK "http://www.sndgems.com" www.sndgems.com strategically place colors within a piece. The designer achieves balance and harmony, partly through the placement of colors. He determines how colors are distributed within the piece, and what movement and rhythm and effect result. And the designer also determines what proportions of each color are used, where in the piece, and how.
Green: Green was once the preferred color choice for wedding gowns and veils. I wonder at what point brides-to-be decided that looking like a tree was no longer a positive thing. They jumped ship and went to white. Green has so many good feelings going with it. It brings you closer to nature. It refreshes you. It has a sense of renewal. So it always seems so out of place to go from saying someone has a Green Thumb, to saying someone is Green With Envy or Green With Jealousy. If you lay a green transparent piece of plastic over a page in a book, you can read more attentively, and retain more of what you read? Green gemstones are used to attract money, prosperity and wealth. They are balancing stones that promote growth and fertility. Carry, wear or place green gemstones around your home or office to promote balance, change and growth. Yellow Yellow is full of creative and intellectual energy. Yellow symbolizes wisdom. Yellow means joy and happiness. People of high intellect favor yellow. It is believed that Carrying or wearing yellow gemstones promotes the ability to express. They are excellent stones for writers and public speakers to increase eloquence. The yellow stones stimulate movement and mental awareness. They are used to enhance decision making skills.
Orange: Orange is another color, like Yellow, that is difficult to work with. As a warm color orange is a stimulant — stimulating the emotions and even the appetite. Orange can be found in nature in the changing leaves of fall, the setting sun, and the skin and meat of citrus fruit. If you want to get noticed without screaming, consider the color orange — it demands attention. The softer oranges such as peaches are friendlier and more soothing. Peachy oranges are less flamboyant than their redder cousins but still energetic. Shades of orange can be used to indicate transition or a bridge between two opposing factors. Orange is often synonymous with autumn yet the brighter oranges are a summer color. Use shades of orange for seasonal-themed fall or summer materials. Orange gemstones contain some of the fiery energies of red, but are gentler with a more creative spirit. They are used to promote personal power and are useful for people who could use more self esteem. Carry or place orange gemstones around your home or office to stimulate creativity, mental quickness, ability to adjust to changes.
Purple: Being the combination of red and blue, the warmest and coolest colors, purple is believed to be the ideal color. Purple has always been the color of royalty. Purple is the color of good judgment. It is the color of people seeking spiritual fulfillment. It is said if you surround yourself with purple you will have peace of mind. Purple is a good color to use in meditation and is associated with spirituality, psychic powers, and healing. There are many famous purple stories in literature. Violet gemstones are associated with mysticism and purification
Black: Black can convey an inner strength and control. About Black some fashion experts say a woman wearing black implies submission to men. Wearing black with another color can enhance that color’s energy, just like wearing black can enhance your body’s energy. We use black to create shadows, to frame things, to back up things, to create borders, to create a sense of negative spaces. Black is a great non-color color. Some Research History on Color Color research over the past 100 years or so suggests that there are many universals in how people perceive and respond to colors. Black gemstones symbolize self control and resilience. Black stones have protective energies in the sense that black is the absence of light, and therefore, can be used to create invisibility.
White: White is neutral. It goes with everything. White can be extended to the idea of Clear, Crystal, and Transparent. White can also be used to frame and boundary. It can be used to fill negative space. White gemstones are ruled by the Moon and are associated with sleep and psychic energy. They are often used for good fortune, protection after dark. The crystal amplifies the powers of other stones. Some say that because white stones contain all the colors, they can act as substitutes for stones of any color.
Gray: Gray always picks up some of the color characteristics of other colors around it. It is the true neutral color. Its energy imparts void, emptiness, lack of movement, emotion, warmth and identifying characteristics. Gray can have a cooling effect when placed next to other more vibrant colors. It has a stabilizing effect, making vibrant colors stand out while muting their vibration. Gray gemstones are healing stones and can assist in improving relationships toward more stability.
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