Colour Theory// Temperature

Photographing cold coloured objects on cold colour backgrounds, and warm objects on warm backgrounds.  

The color wheel is useful in that it shows the relationship between warm and cool colors. This is called color temperature and relates to the sense of temperature each color imparts.
The colors on the red side of the wheel are said to be warmbecause they are associated with warm phenomina. The green side implies cool phenomina. These color temperature designations are absolute.


More subtle color temperature relationships are relative. One red can be warmer or cooler than another for instance.


Color temperatures effect us both pshchologically and perceptually. They help determine how objects appear positioned in space. Warm colors are said to advance -- they appear closer to the observer. Cool colors are said to recede -- they appear farther from the observer.  http://daphne.palomar.edu/design/color.html