The color wheel shows the relationships between colors. There are three primary colors - red, blue, and yellow. Secondary colors are created by mixing two primary colors: yellow + blue = green; red + yellow = orange; blue + red = purple. Tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary and a secondary color. The color wheel also shows how to create tints, shades, and tones of colors by mixing them with white, black, or gray. There are different color schemes including monochromatic, complementary, split-complementary, analogous, and color triads.

1. COLOR WHEEL

2. The Color Wheel
The color wheel shows
relationships between
the colors.
Artists often use the color
wheel to understand how
colors relate to one
another.

3. Primary Colors
The primary colors are
Red, Blue, and
Yellow.
Primary colors cannot be
made from other colors.

4. Secondary Colors
By mixing two primary
colors, a secondary color
is created.
Yellow + Blue = Green
Red + Yellow = Orange
Blue + Red = Purple

5. Tertiary Colors
Intermediate, or Tertiary,
colors are created by
mixing a primary and a
secondary color.

6. The Colors Wheel
1. Primary Colors
2. Secondary Colors
3. Tertiary Colors

7. Color Values
Color values are the lightness
and darkness of a color that you
create by using black andwhite
with a color. This makes
hundreds of more colors from
the basic 12 colors of the
wheel.
Color + White =Tint
Color + Black = Shade

8. Tint, Shade, & Tone
.
SHADE
A shade of color is made
by mixing that color with
black.
TINT
A tint of color is made by
mixing that color with
white.
TONE
A tone of color is made by
mixing that color with
gray.

9. Color Schemes
• Monochromatic Colors Scheme
• Complementary Colors Scheme
• Split Complements Scheme
• Analogous colors Scheme
• Color Triads Scheme

10. Monochromatic Colors
Monochrome means one color. A monochromatic color
scheme is a color scheme that uses only one hue and the
tints and shades of that hue.

11. Complementary Colors
Complementary colors are the colors opposite each other
on the color wheel.

12. Split Complement colors
A split complement is the combination of one hue plus the hues
on each side of its complement.
This is easier to work with than a straight complementary
scheme because it offers more variety. For example, start with
red-orange. Check the color wheel to find its complement, blue-
green.

13. Analogous colors
Analogous colors are colors that sit side by side on the
color wheel and have a Common hue. Violet, red-violet,
red, red-orange, and orange all have red in common.

14. Color Triads
A color triad is composed of three colors spaced an
equal distance apart on the color wheel.
For example Green, Orange, and Violet on color
wheel make color triads.

15. Warm and Cool Colors
Warm colors
Warm colors are red, orange,
and yellow. They are usually associated
with warm things, such as sunshine or
fire .
Cool colors
Cool colors are blue,
green, and violet. They are usually
associated with cool things, such as ice,
snow, water, or grass