Color TheoryExploring Color groups
Introduction• Color theory is a body of practical
guidance to color mixing and the visual impact of specific color combinations
• Color theory principles first appear in the writings of Alberti (c.1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci(c.1490),
Primary Colors
Red Yellow and Blue
Secondary Colors
OrangeVioletGreen
TERTIARY COLORS
• Formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color
• Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green and yellow-green
Analogous Colors
Analogous colors are any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel
Complementary Colors
Complementary colors are any two colors which are directly opposite each other
Warm vs. Cool• Warm colors –
red, yellow, browns and tans
• Cool colors - blue green, blue violet, and grays
Let’s Review
The Primary Colors are:
• Yellow, Green and Black
• Blue, Red, and Yellow
• Orange, Violet, and Green
Analogous Colors are created by mixing colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.TrueFalse
The following picture is an example of which color scheme?• Warm• Cool• Primary
Primary and a Secondary colors mixed together create:• Complementary Colors• Analogous Colors• TERTIARY COLORS
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