Color Theory Exploring Color groups

Introduction Color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impact of specific color combinations Color theory principles first appear in the writings of Alberti (c.1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci(c.1490),

Color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impact of specific color combinations

Color theory principles first appear in the writings of Alberti (c.1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci(c.1490),

Primary Colors Red Yellow and Blue

Secondary Colors Orange Violet Green

TERTIARY COLORS Formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green and yellow-green

Formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color

Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green and yellow-green

Analogous Colors Analogous colors are any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel

Complementary Colors Complementary colors are any two colors which are directly opposite each other

Warm vs. Cool Warm colors – red, yellow, browns and tans Cool colors - blue green, blue violet, and grays

Warm colors – red, yellow, browns and tans

Cool colors - blue green, blue violet, and grays

Let’s Review

The Primary Colors are: Yellow, Green and Black Blue, Red, and Yellow Orange, Violet, and Green

Yellow, Green and Black

Blue, Red, and Yellow

Orange, Violet, and Green

Analogous Colors are created by mixing colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. True False

True

False

The following picture is an example of which color scheme? Warm Cool Primary

Warm

Cool

Primary

Primary and a Secondary colors mixed together create: Complementary Colors Analogous Colors TERTIARY COLORS

Complementary Colors

Analogous Colors

TERTIARY COLORS

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