Feel warm and stay cool It’s useful to understand that colors can be broadly categorized in terms of their relative warmth and coolness. Colors closer to red, orange, yellow, and brown are warm, and colors closer to blue, green, and violet are cool. Warm colors tend to pop out a bit and come toward you. Cool colors tend to fade into the background. For this reason, cool colors are often used for backgrounds and warm colors are often used for foreground elements.
