1. Colour Theory
Year 7

2. What are the primary colours?
YELLOW
RED
BLUE
Why are they primary?
Because they can’t be mixed from other colours

3. Secondary Colours
YELLOW
RED
ORANGE
RED
BLUE
PURPLE
BLUE
YELLOW
GREEN

4. Tertiary Colours A tertiary colour is a colour made up of either-
A primary and secondary colour
Or two secondary colours
YELLOW
GREEN
LIGHT GREEN
BLUE
PURPLE
DARK PURPLE
ORANGE
GREEN
BROWN

5. Complimentary Colours
What do these colours do to each other?
BLUE
ORANGE
YELLOW
PURPLE
RED
GREEN
How do we know which colours are complimentary?

6. Harmonious Colours Warm Cool
Colour Harmony: when colours work well together and are pleasing to the eye, creating a sense of inner balance.
Some examples:
Cool Colours
Cool
Warm
Warm Colours
Earth Colours

7. Harmonious Colours How can we tell which colours work harmoniously?
1) Use your eyes, does it look nice?
2) Follow some simple rules to help you
Complementary colours are Harmonious
Split complementary colours are Harmonious
3) Use your surroundings to help you
Analogous colours are Harmonious
Triadic colours are Harmonious
Look at nature
What colours would you have in your living room?

8. Shades and Tints A Tint is…? A Shade is…?
The mixture of a colour with white, adding lightness
The mixture of a colour with black, adding darkness

9. Black and White Are Black and White colours?
Black and white are not considered to be colours
They are tones of light and dark and everything in between
They may be added to colours to create tints and shades