Icosahedrons 3D Color Wheel. Primary Colors 3 colors that cannot be made by mixing other colors…...

Icosahedrons

3D Color Wheel

Primary Colors

• 3 colors that cannot be made by mixing other colors…

RED YELLOW BLUE

Secondary Colors

• Colors that are made by mixing one primary color with another

Primary + Primary = Secondary Color

ORANGE GREEN PURPLE

Tertiary Colors• Colors made by mixing a

Primary Color with the Secondary Color that is next to it on the color wheel

Primary + Secondary = Tertiary Color

Blue-Green, Blue-Purple, Red-Purple, Red-

Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green

Complements

• Colors that are directly across each other on the color wheel

• Red & Green• Blue & Orange• Yellow & Purple

Analogous

• Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel

Orange Yellow-Orange Yellow

Achromatic

• To be without color or pigment

• Greyscale • Black and White only

Cool Colors

• Colors that suggest coolness

• Green, Blue, most Purples

Warm Colors

• Colors that suggest warmth

• Yellow, Orange, Red and some Purples