1. Color Wheel
A tool to use to understand the uses of color.

2. Color Wheel

3. Color Wheel
Hue-Separates one color from another and represents the name of colors.
The color wheel is divided into three categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary.

4. Primary Color – natural colors; red, yellow, & blue
Hues
Primary Color – natural colors; red, yellow, & blue
These colors are considered to be foundation colors because they are used to create all other colors.

5. Secondary Colors – equal mixture of two primary colors;
Hues
Secondary Colors – equal mixture of two primary colors;
Red & Yellow = Orange
Yellow & Blue = Green
Red & Blue = Purple/Violet

6. Color Wheel
Tertiary color – equal mixture of a primary and secondary color.
Example: These colors are red-orange, red-violet, yellow-green, yellow-orange, blue-green and blue-violet

7. Intensity (chroma) Value – brightness or darkness of a color.
-Neutral colors: Black, white, gray
-Black: lowers
-White raises

8. Color Wheel
Tone – add gray to make a color dull; dusty rose is a tone of pink.
Color Harmonies – combinations of color that are pleasing to the eye.

9. Color Wheel Value
Tint – Add white to make a color brighter, pink is a tint of red

10. Color Wheel
Shade – add black to make a color darker, burgundy is a shade of red.

11. Colors are also divided into cool and warm categories.
Cool and Warm Colors
Colors are also divided into cool and warm categories.
The cool colors are green, blue and violet.
Moves objects away.
Warm colors are red, orange and yellow.
Move colors toward people.

12. Color Schemes

13. Color Schemes Related Color
Monochromatic - one hue with its tints, shades and tones, ex. Red, pink, mauve, burgundy.
Analogous - This scheme
uses adjacent hues.
-three or more hues that are next to each
other on the color wheel.
Ex. Yellow – green, yellow & yellow –
orange, red, red-orange, and red-violet.

14. Color Principles (Contrasting)
Complementary – two colors opposite each other on the color wheel. Ex. Red and green.

15. Complementary Colors
If two hues are opposite each other on the color wheel they are considered to be complementary colors.
When used together in a design they make each other seem
brighter and more
intense. (example:
red and green)

16. Split-Complementary
any color with the two colors on each side of its complement. Ex. Yellow with blue-violet and red-violet.

17. Split Complementary
This color scheme uses three colors: any hue and the two adjacent to its complement. (example: red,
yellow-green,
and blue-green)

18. Color Principles
Triadic – three colors that are equally spaced on the color wheel. Ex. Yellow, red and blue.

19. Triadic
This scheme also uses three colors. They are evenly spaced from each other.
(example: red, yellow, and blue)

20. Double Complement This color scheme uses two pairs of complements.
(example: yellow and
violet, blue and orange)

21. Tetrad This scheme uses four colors evenly spaced on the color wheel.
A primary, secondary and two tertiary colors are used.
(example: red, green,
yellow-orange, and
blue-violet)

22. Alternate complementary

23. Polychromatic – three or more unrelated colors, select tints, shades & tones