The banner's image origin - Red

In case anyone is curious about the illustration in my banner- it's from this variant fanart of the yugioh monster "slifer the sky dragon"

+slifer the sky dragon by =slifertheskydragon on deviantART

I felt like i need to talk about it because of how I chose a predominant red theme. My favorite color is red, i'm not too sure why but I think it's the aesthetics of the color- red's association with romance, love, anger, rage, etc. Red is I think, the only color able to achieve such a broad range of emotions. This journal has a red-black theme because I felt it matched better than the dark red-black banner with a white background. Plus, i'm not one for bright screens...

the original design of the dragon can be seen (also drawn by me):

- Slifer the Sky Dragon - by =slifertheskydragon on deviantART

notice how the dragon itself has primary colors (blue: orb,tongue Yellow: eyes (it uses thunder-based attacks, so those are yellow) Red: skin, etc) and coincidentally if you take what i've talked about in the superman-action heroes and colors post, the monster is the main character's key card. In fact, aside from the first time it was introduced, only the main character has used this monster. It seems the strength in the use of the primary triad lies with the overall unity that the colors create, but also accenting a predominant primary (i.e. red in this case) with the other primaries achieves a similar effect.

The use of black/white (sharp contrast) also compliments the contrast given by the primary colors to create more accentuation and brings attention to the "belly" of the dragon with the black/white. The primary colors help to bring attention to the dragon's face.

This dragon shows the use of color to bring attention to key areas- a good idea to keep in mind when thinking about what colors to make your newest creation.