1. COLOR THEORY

2. Color Wheel

3. * The first color wheel was created by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666
a way of illustrating and organizing colors around a circle. Used to show the relationships between primary, secondary and tertiary colors.
* The first color wheel was created by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666

4. THE PRIMARY COLORS

5. *mixing all three primary colors will make brown
THE PRIMARY COLORS
RED, YELLOW, & BLUE
*mixing all three primary colors will make brown

6. THE SECONDARY COLORS

7. ORANGE, GREEN & VIOLET (PURPLE)
THE SECONDARY COLORS
ORANGE, GREEN & VIOLET (PURPLE)

8. ORANGE, GREEN & VIOLET (PURPLE)
THE SECONDARY COLORS
ORANGE, GREEN & VIOLET (PURPLE)
*Mixing two primary colors together will get
you a secondary color.
RED + YELLOW = ORANGE
RED + BLUE = VIOLET
YELLOW + BLUE = GREEN

9. TERTIARY COLORS

10. TERTIARY COLORS
Mixing a PRIMARY color with a SECONDARY color. Tertiary colors are named by saying the PRIMARY COLOR FIRST

11. TERTIARY COLORS red-orange, red-violet yellow-orange, yellow-green,
blue-green, blue-violet

12. TERTIARY COLORS

14. COMPLIMENTARY COLORS

15. colors that are directly opposite each other on a color wheel
COMPLIMENTARY COLORS
colors that are directly opposite each other on a color wheel

16. What is an example of a complimentary color?
*mixing complimentary colors will make GRAY

17. ANALOGOUS COLORS

18. any three colors that are next to each other on a color wheel
ANALOGOUS COLORS
any three colors that are next to each other on a color wheel

19. ANALOGOUS COLORS

20. What are the 3 WARM Colors?

21. What are the 3 WARM Colors?
Red
Orange
Yellow

22. What are the 3 COOL Colors?

23. What are the 3 COOL Colors?
Green
Blue
Purple