Fun with colours

We are all surrounded with colours such as green leaves, red flowers, blue sky and so on. But do you know how to categorise the colours and which family does each of them belong to?

Today we will have a fun trip to understand more about colours.

What is Basic Colour theory?

Basic colour theory involves naming the primary and secondary colours and identifying them on the colour wheel. The wheel is the basis of colour harmony.

Colour Wheel  ( P - Primary Colour, S - Secondary Colour, T - Tertiary colour )

Primary Colours

Red, yellow and blue are the three primary colors. 

These colours are used in combination to create all other colors. 

Secondary Colours

The secondary colours are green, orange and purple. 

The primary and secondary colors make up the color wheel.

Tertiary Colours

The tertiary colours are the colors that lie between the primary and secondary colors. 

These include yellow-green, blue-green, red-violet and others.

Primary Colours, Secondary Colours, and Tertiary Colours are the 3 big families.

Let's learn more on the connections on our colours!

Complementary Colours & Analogous Colours

Complementary Colours:

The Complementary Colour for Blue is Orange

The colour wheel is used to determine color harmony. Colours that are directly across from each other on the color wheel are complementary colors--for example, blue and orange.

Analogous Colours Scheme

Analogous colours are a series of three colors/shades that appear side-by-side on the color wheel, such as red, red-orange and orange, for example.

Warm & Cool Colours

- Warm colors occupy roughly the right side of the color wheel, from red to yellow-green

- Cool colors are those on the left side, from reddish purple to green.

Neutral Colours

- white, black, gray and brown.

Hope you enjoy the class!