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Warm and Cool Colours
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The Colour Wheel
Which are warm colours?
Which are cool colours?
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Primary Colours
The colour wheel is built around three colours: red, yellow, and blue.
These are known as the primary colours.
You can mix the primary colours together to make other colours.
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Which are primary colours?
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5. When you mix two primary colours together you get a secondary colour
Secondary Colours
When you mix two primary colours together you get a secondary colour
Yellow + blue =
Red + yellow =
Blue + red =
Green, Orange and Violet are secondary colours
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Which are primary colours?
Which are secondary colours?
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Tertiary Colours
Tertiary colours are the colours that result from mixing a primary colour with a secondary colour.
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Which are primary colours?
Which are secondary colours?
Which are tertiary colours?
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Tints and Shades
A colour can be made lighter by mixing white (or a lighter colour) with it. This is called a tint.
A colour can be made darker by mixing black (or a darker colour) with it. This is called a shade.
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