1. THE COLOUR
1º E.S.O. Arts & Crafts
César Fernández Álvarez

2. How many colours do you
know?

3. What is the colour?
• Colour is a property of light as seen
by people.

4. PRIMARY COLOURS
• Primary Colours can be mixed to make
the other colours.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW

5. SECONDARY COLOURS
• Secondary Colours are a mixture of
two primary colours
RED GREEN BLUE-VIOLET
PURPLE

6. THE COLOUR WHEEL
• A colour wheel is a
circular chart that
shows primary and
secondary colour.
• Try this at the
computer.

7. TERTIARY COLOURS
• The tertiary colours are
made by mixing a
secondary and primary
colour together.
• On the colour wheel, the
tertiary colors are
situated between the
primary and secondary
colours they are made
from.

8. Activity: Draw a colour
wheel
• Draw a colour
wheel by using only
primary colours
temperas.
• Use black to shade
colours.

9. Colour harmonies
• Monochromatic.
• Warm colours.
• Cool colours.
• Complementary.

10. Monochromatic harmonie
• One colour (or
family of colour)
with white to
lighten and black
to shade.

11. Warm colours
• Red, Orange and some
Yellows and Purples
are considered warm
colours.
• Red is the main warm
colour, and a symbol
of fire and heat.

12. Cool colours
• Blue, Green and some
Yellows and Purples
are considered to be
cool colours.
• Blue is the main cool
colour, a symbol of
water, ice and sky.

13. Complementary colours
• Two colours oposed on
the colour wheel are
Complements.
• Mixing complementary
colours together
produces a neutral
grey.

14. What harmonie can you
identify?
PICTURE 1
1. Warm colours harmonie PICTURE 2
2. Monochromatic harmonie
3. Complementary harmonie
4. Cool colours harmonie

15. What harmonie can you
identify?
PICTURE 1
PICTURE 3
PICTURE 2
1. Wamr colours harmonie
2. Monochromatic harmonie
3. Complementary harmonie
4. Cool colours harmonie