The document discusses color theory, including primary colors that can be mixed to create secondary colors. It introduces the color wheel as a visual representation of primary and secondary colors as well as tertiary colors that result from mixing a primary and secondary color. Color harmonies including monochromatic, warm colors, cool colors, and complementary are explained. Students are asked to identify the color harmonies used in different pictures.

1. THE COLOUR
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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