1 - Why use color harmonies ?I use color harmonies because the majority of my images are about form and color.  Working with this framework means two things.  First, I control form by focusing on composition, both in the field and in the studio. Second, that I control color by working on the color palette on my photographs, again both in the field and in the studio.Controlling color harmonies is part of controlling the color palette of my photographs.  In that sense color harmonies are a subset of color palettes. However, they are a dominant subset because creating a specific color harmony implies defining a specific color palette.  The only reason why color harmonies are subsumed under color palettes is because the same harmony can be created with a variety of color palettes.  For example, a complementary color harmony, the subject of this essay, can be done with any two opposite colors.  So when we decide to create a complementary harmony, we have the ...