Colour theory test practice

• Colours on the colour wheel


  • Red
  • Red-orange
  • Orange
  • Yellow-orange
  • Yellow
  • Yellow-green
  • Green
  • Green-blue
  • Blue
  • Blue-violet
  • Violet
  • Red-violet
• Colour groups


  • Warm colours
  • Cool colours
• Orange is a given colour
• Based-orange, yellow-orange, etc. are colour terms
• Blue is a colour
• Blue-violet is a colour
• Violet is a colour
• Red-violet is a colour
• Properties of colour


  • Value
  • Temperature
  • Hue
  • Saturation
• Ways to change colour intensity


  • Tint (add white)
  • Shade (add black)
  • Complement (use opposite colour)
• Colour harmonies exist
• Tints are created by adding white to a colour
• Monochromatic


  Containing or using only one colour and its shades and neutrals
• Complement


  The colour opposite on the colour wheel
• Analogous


  Colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel
• Hue


  Another word for pure colour
• Value


  The lightness or darkness of a colour
• Colour temperature


  The impression of whether a colour seems warm or cool
• Warm colours include yellow, orange, red. Cool colours include green, blue, violet.
• Colours on the colour wheel


  • red
  • red-orange
  • orange
  • yellow-orange
  • yellow
  • yellow-green
  • green
  • green-blue
  • blue
  • blue-violet
  • violet
  • red-violet
• Colour groups


  • Primary: red, yellow, blue
  • Secondary: orange, green, violet
  • Tertiary: red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet
• Colour properties


  • Value
  • Temperature
  • Hue
  • Saturation
• Ways to change colour intensity


  1. Complementary - adding the colour from the opposite side of the colour wheel

  2. Tint - Adding white

  3. Shade - adding black

  4. Tone - adding grey
• Colour harmonies

  • Monochromatic - containing or using only one colour
  • Complementary - includes only colours which enhance the intensity
  • Analogous - colours that sit next to each other on the colour wheel
  • Tertiary - colours equally spaced on the colour wheel
• Colour temperature


  The impression of what the colour seems like - red, yellow, orange are warm, green, blue, violet are cold
• Primary Colours


  Colours you can't make by blending other colours
• Secondary Colours


  Created by two primary colours
• Value


  The lightness or darkness of a colour
• Tint


  Hue mixed with white
• Shade


  Hue mixed with black
• Colour Temperature


  Impression of what the colour seems like
• Warm Colours


  • Red, red orange, orange, yellow orange
• Cool Colours


  • Blue, violet, blue violet, blue green, yellow green
• Primary colours are : colours you can’t make by blending other colours
• Secondary - created by mixing two primary colours
• Tertiary - created by primary and secondary next to it
• Hue - another word for pure/base colour
• value- The lightness or darkness of a colour
• Tint- hue mixed with white
• Shade- hue mixed with black