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Art Glossary: Cool Colors

By Marion Boddy-Evans, About.com

Definition:

Blues, greens, and purples are considered cool colours. In aerial perspective cool colours are said to move away from you, or appear more distant.

If you compare different blues (or greens or purples), you'll see that there are also warm and cool versions of each of these colors, relative to each other.

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