Colour

Colour Theory and Colour Wheel

in the 1660s Sir Issac newton started experiementing with sunlight and prisms. He demonstrated that clear white light was composed of seven visible colours - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet

He then Arranged them into a wheel

In 1766, the scientist Moses Harris created the firstcolour wheel to classify red, yellow, and blue as theprimary colours.

Primary Colours are the main colours, that can notbe produced by mixing other colours in the colourwheel.

Secondary colours are made by mixing two primary colours together.

• Red + Blue = Purple
• Blue + Yellow = Green
• Red + Yellow = Orange

Tertiary colours are made by mixing one primary and one secondary colour together

A tint is the result of a colour mixed with any amount of white. A shade is the result of a colour mixed with anyamount of black.

Colour Schemes

Monochromatic - A single colour with its associated tints and shades

Analogous - Colours that sit beside each other on the colourwheel.For example - orange, red, and red-purple

Complementary - two colours that are the opposite of each other on the colour wheel, red and green

Split complementary - Colours that are on either side of the opposite colour on the colour wheel. For example, red, yellow-green, and blue-green.