Every color is beautiful in given circumstances; as an individual its only a pigment. To turn this pigment into light in your painting you have to understand the language of art.
Studying just color theory is not enough. Color is inter connected to the tools of Composition. Composition is called Language of Art.
Flow Artist:Magunta Dayakar
As for theory some colors come forward and some will recede but I am telling you, it depends upon situations. So there are no hard and fast rules. Learn them. Follow them if you want. If they won’t suit you, change them. Change is the essence of truth. Truth always changes with circumstances.