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What is colour theory?
The Colour Wheel
Important Definitions
primary colours:
pure colours on the wheel (red, yellow, blue)
secondary colours:
colours on the wheel that combine two primary colours in equal amounts (orange, violet, green)
tertiary colours:
colours on the wheel created by combining a primary and secondary colour (red-orange, blue-violet...)
hue:
the actual quality of the colour (ie primary colours)
warm colours:
colours that convey heat (i.e. red, yellow, orange)
optical illusion = warm colours advance (come forward)
cool colours:
colours that convey a frigid feeling (i.e. blue, violet, green)
optical illusion = cool colour recede (go back)
shade:
adding black to darken a hue (ie bright blue to dark blue)
tint:
adding white to a colour to make it lighter (ie dark green to light green)
tone:
adding black and white to a hue (ie pastel colours)
saturation:
the level of vividness and intensity to a hue, obtained by either adding or subtracting gray from a hue
complementary colour:
opposites on the colour wheel that side by side vibrate and mixed together create the colour’s value (ie Christmas)
triadic colour:
a colour arrangement based on an equilateral triangle
analogous colours:
three neighbours on the colour wheel that share a colour
monochromatic:
an artwork based on one colour
tetradic:
four colours equally spaced on the colour wheel
"Colour creates, enhances, changes, reveals, and establishes the mood of the painting.”
- KIFF HOLAND
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