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THE COLOURPIGMENT COLOURSColours that we use to paint.

Colour tools: watercolours, crayons, pencils, markers, pastels, etc.

PRIMARY COLOURSPrimary colours are more important than others because we canobtain all other colours by mixing them together.

YELLOW CYAN BLUE

MAGENTA

SECONDARY COLOURSWhen we mix two primary colourswe obtain a secondary colour

GREEN

VIOLET

ORANGE

TERTIARY COLOURSWhen we mix one primary colourwith another secondary colourwe obtain a tertiary colour

YELLOWISH GREEN

TURQUOISE

INDIGO

PURPLE RED

YELLOWISH ORANGE

When we mix the three primary colours we obtain: BLACK

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QUALITIES OF COLOURThe colors are defined by three essential qualities:

Tone

Value Saturation

TONEThe tone is the specific name that is given to each colour.So it is the quality by which we identify the colour.

VALUEThe value of a colour represents the degree of brightness

and darkness.We can do different gradations or family values, mixingwith white or black colour.

BrightnessDarknessHight value Low value

SATURATIONSaturation is the degree of purity or intensity of a colour

Very saturated or pure colour(primary colours)

Not very saturated or not pure colour

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(made with mix)COMPLEMENTARY COLOURSTwo colours are complementary when they are on oppositesides of the colour wheel.

You must know the matches of most importantcomplementary colours

FAMILY COLOURS Cool colours Warm colours Acromatic colours

COOL COLOURSA family of cool colours is a set of colours that are close inthe colour wheel and near to blue.

yellow violet

Cyan-blue orange

magenta green

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COLOURS

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WARM COLOURSA family of warm colors is a set of colors that are close inthe colour wheel and sourrounding yellow and magenta

colours.

ACROMATIC COLOURSIn an acromatic family we use only white and black colours,mixed in different proportions.

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COLOURS

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ACROMATC COLOURS

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HARMONYColours called harmonic are placed next to each other onthe colour wheel.

CONTRASTColours called contrasted are placed far to each other onthe colour wheel.

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HARMONIC COLOURS

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CONTRAST COLOURS

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