The Color Wheel A Brief Review on Color Theory
Color The visual response to the wavelengths of sunlight identified as red, green, blue and so on; having the physical properties of hue, intensity, and value.
PRIMARY COLORS Primary colors are colors from which all other colors are made. REDBLUEYELLOW SECONDARY COLORS Secondary colors that are created from equal amounts of a pair of primary colors ORANGEGREENVIOLET
Tertiary colors are colors made from equal amounts of a pair of primary and secondary colors. Tertiary Colors red-violet blue-violet blue-green yellow-green yellow-orange red-orange
Three consecutive colors on the color wheel Analogous colors Analogous colors are any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange.
Complementary colors are any two colors which are directly opposite each other in the color wheel. Examples are red and green, red-purple and yellow-green. In the illustration, there are several variations of yellow-green in the leaves and several variations of red-purple in the orchid. Complementary Colors
Shades are dark values of a color. One usually makes shades by mixing a color with different amounts of black. TINT SHADE Tints are light values of a color. One usually makes tints by mixing a color with different amounts of white.
A Monochromatic color scheme is one color. Monochromatic The primary color is integrated with neutral colors such as black, white, or gray.
The split complementary scheme is a variation of the standard complementary scheme. It uses a color and the two colors adjacent to its complementary color. SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY The triadic color scheme uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel. Triadic Color Scheme