This document provides an overview of color theory concepts including: - The color wheel and color sets such as primary, secondary, tertiary, achromatic, complementary, and analogous colors - Color mixing techniques like tints, tones, shades using black, white, gray - The use of color to create depth and emphasis through local color - Printing colors CMYK and how they combine to produce other colors

2. C O L O R

4. L I G H T P R I M A R I E S T E T R A D Set of four colors that are evenly spaced on the wheel

5. Primary Colors are the three most basic hues C O L O R W H E E L T R I A D set of three colors that are evenly spaced on the wheel

6. Secondary Colors are formed by combining two primary colors

7. Tertiary Colors

8. The Complimentary Color is the hue opposite on the color wheel.

9. Analogous Colors share the same third or fourth of the wheel

10. S P L I T C O M P L I M E N T

11. Achromatic colors are neutrals that are not found on the color wheel or within the light spectrum

13. What is the difference between these two? LOOK - what is the true cause for the difference?

14. The Printing Primaries or The Process Colors These four colors are used to print much of the color images we see on paper. Professional printers as well as the printers connected to our computers use these colors in transparent layers to create a wide range of colors.

15. Theoretically it is possible to produce an adequate range of colours

16. Warm colors and cool colors have a unique ability to move towards us or away from us. This is especially true when they are positioned close to each other. On the following slide: Which color seems to project from the surface? Which color seems to recede into the surface?

20. HUE HUE HUE + WHITE + GRAY = TINT = TONE = SHADE + BLACK

24. C O L O R