1. Color

2. Primary Colors Red, Yellow, and Blue
Can not be made by mixing other colors
CAN be used to make other colors

3. Secondary Colors Purple, Orange, Green
Are made by mixing 2 neighboring primary colors
Red +Blue= Purple

4. Tertiary Colors
Blue-green, red-violet, blue-violet, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange
Produced by mixing a neighboring secondary and primary color.

5. Analogus Colors
Sets of 3 neighboring colors that are analogus, or “harmonious” together

6. Complementary Colors
Colors directly across from each other on the color wheel
As a rule, these colors will always compliment, or go well, together.

7. Warm and Cool Colors Can change the mood of your artwork
Warm colors are reds, oranges, yellows
Cool colors are purples, blues, greens

8. Tints and Shades
Tint: Adding white to a color, makes it brighter/lighter (the middle of this circle)
Shade: Adding black to a color, makes it darker/muddier (the outer edge of this circle.

9. Properties of Color Hue: The actual color (ex: red)
Intensity: The brightness or dullness (grayness) of a color.

10. Emotional Properties of Color
Red: evil, danger. Very dynamic in a design
Blue: calm, soothing, tranquil, sadness/depression.
Yellow: cheery, warmth, light.
White: purity, truth, innocence, light
Purple: royalty, wealth
Green: Life, hope
Black: bad luck, mournful, stark, dramatic