Muted colors for 2021
What are muted colors exactly?

Muted colors refer to all colors that have low saturation (or chrome). These are subtle colors that are not bright or have been subdued, dulled, or grayed. The opposite of a soft color is a bright, vivid, saturated color. Compare the colors that you see in the sky on a cloudy day to the colors you see on a bright and sunny day. The tones of color found on a cloudy day are typically less bright, duller, and more muted compared to those of a sunny day.

Color Saturation refers to the brightness/intensity of a hue. Highly saturated colors are vibrant and radiant, while low saturated colors are dull.

The saturation of a color is based on the degree of purity from the pure color at 100% to gray at 0%.

To mute a color, you can just mix it with black, white, gray, or the complement of the color (for example, you can desaturate red by mixing it with green).

Why use muted colors?

Vivid colors sure have their place. But it is usually far more effective to use vivid colors sporadically, in combination with muted colors.

If you combine two bright colors it will not the best result. For example, take the red, blue, and green below which is surrounded by a vivid yellow. The colors fight each other for attention. You may find this color combination to be jarring and uncomfortable to look at.

If you half the saturation of yellow, blue, and green the color combination is much more pleasing to look at.
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