Color Theory: What the Color Wheel is all About!
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Color Wheel: a circular arrangement of colors that reveals color relationships!
The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue and mix together to make color wheel colors.
The secondary colors are orange, green, and violet and are each created from two primary colors.
The warm colors are red, yellow, and orange and create a feeling of warmth and energy.
The cool colors are blue, green, violet and create a calm, peaceful mood.
The complimentary colors are the colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.
The secondary colors are orange, green, and violet and are each created from two primary colors.
The warm colors are red, yellow, and orange and create a feeling of warmth and energy.
The cool colors are blue, green, violet and create a calm, peaceful mood.
The complimentary colors are the colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.
Color Scheme: a plan for choosing colors.
A MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME
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A COMPLIMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
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A monochromatic color scheme is a color scheme showing a group of values of one color.
An analogous color scheme uses the colors that lies next to each other on the color wheel.
A complimentary color scheme uses colors that are opposite each other on the colors wheel.
An analogous color scheme uses the colors that lies next to each other on the color wheel.
A complimentary color scheme uses colors that are opposite each other on the colors wheel.
What are Primary Colors?
In theory, the Primary Colors are the root of every other hue imaginable. The primary pigments used in the manufacture of paint come from the pure source element of that Hue. There are no other pigments blended in to alter the formula.
Think of the three Primaries as the parents in the family of colors.
In paint pigments, pure Yellow, pure Red, and pure Blue are the only hues that can't be created by mixing any other colors together. Printer inks and digital primaries are referred to as Yellow, Magenta and Cyan.
Think of the three Primaries as the parents in the family of colors.
In paint pigments, pure Yellow, pure Red, and pure Blue are the only hues that can't be created by mixing any other colors together. Printer inks and digital primaries are referred to as Yellow, Magenta and Cyan.
What are Secondary Colors?
When you combine any two of the Pure Primary Hues, you get three new mixtures called Secondary Colors.
Think of the three Secondaries as the Children in the family of colors.
Yellow + Red = ORANGE
Red + Blue = VIOLET or PURPLE
Blue + Yellow = GREEN
Think of the three Secondaries as the Children in the family of colors.
Yellow + Red = ORANGE
Red + Blue = VIOLET or PURPLE
Blue + Yellow = GREEN
What are Tertiary (or Intermediate) Colors?
When you mix a Primary and its nearest Secondary on the Basic Color Wheel you create six new mixtures called Tertiary colors.
Think of the six Tertiary Colors as the grandchildren in the family of colors, since their genetic makeup combines a Primary and Secondary color.
Yellow + Orange = YELLOW-ORANGE
Red + Orange = RED-ORANGE
Red + Violet = RED-VIOLET
Blue + Violet = BLUE-VIOLET
Blue + Green = BLUE-GREEN
Yellow + Green = YELLOW-GREEN
Think of the six Tertiary Colors as the grandchildren in the family of colors, since their genetic makeup combines a Primary and Secondary color.
Yellow + Orange = YELLOW-ORANGE
Red + Orange = RED-ORANGE
Red + Violet = RED-VIOLET
Blue + Violet = BLUE-VIOLET
Blue + Green = BLUE-GREEN
Yellow + Green = YELLOW-GREEN
There are many ways to shape a Color Wheel with the same information.
