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The document provides an introduction to colour theory, detailing the colour wheel and the relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary colours. It explains the concepts of warm and cool colours, as well as complementary, analogous, and monochromatic colour schemes. Additionally, it discusses the modification of hues through tints, shades, and saturation, along with the emotional associations of colours.

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The document provides an introduction to colour theory, detailing the colour wheel and the relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary colours. It explains the concepts of warm and cool colours, as well as complementary, analogous, and monochromatic colour schemes. Additionally, it discusses the modification of hues through tints, shades, and saturation, along with the emotional associations of colours.

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Introduction to Colour Theory

Sec 2 | Week 2 Art Lesson


Colour Wheel
Colours on the wheel
What’s that?
An illustrative organization of hues in
a circle that shows the relations
between the colours.
Primary Colours
• 3 hues - Red , Blue, & Yellow

• Foundation Colours – these


pigments cannot be created by
mixing from other colours.

• All other colours in the wheel are


derived from these hues.
Secondary Colours
• 3 hues – Orange, Green, Violet

• Created by mixing two Primary


Colours together.

Red + Blue = Violet


Red + Yellow = Orange
Blue + Yellow = Green
Tertiary Colours
• 6 hues:
1. Blue-Violet
2. Red-Violet
3. Red-Orange
4. Yellow-Orange
5. Yellow-Green
6. Blue-Green

• Created by mixing equal parts of a


Primary and Secondary colours.
Warm & Cool Colours
Warm:
• Evoke sense of warmth and energy.
• Associate with sunlight, fire or heat.
• Bright and clean

Cool:
• Evoke sense of calm and cold.
• Associate with water, sky and
mystery.
• Dull and muddy
Basic
Colour Theory
Colour relationships
Hue Hues can be modified to create variations:
• Tint: Adding white to a hue makes it lighter
Refers to the “colour”
of the group.

Colour
• Shade: Adding black to a hue makes it
darker
Hues Tones

Red, Ultramarine,
Black, White,
Brown,
Grey
Rainbow...etc
Complementary colours
• Two hues of the opposite sides of
the colour wheel

• Provides high contrast

• Colours that “complement” each


other.
Analogous colours
• 3 Hues that are next to each other on
a colour wheel
Monochromatic Colour Scheme
A single hue that creates a range of colours by adding other tones or
primary colours
Saturation
• A measure of how
intense and vivid a
colour appears

• Intensity of a light

Low High
Saturation Saturation
Colours
of Emotions
The hue’s mood - Recap from Sec 1
WARM (Positive) Cool (Negative)

VS

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