colour theory

• In traditional colour theory, the primary colours are the 3 colours which cannot be mixed or created by a combination of other colours. These 3 colours are red, yellow and blue.
• The secondary colours are created through the combination of the primary colours. These include orange, green and purple.
• Tertiary colours are colours formed by mixing a primary and a secondary colour. That’s why the hue is a two-word name. (For example: blue green, yellow green)
• A hue is a colour in its truest form before black or white is added. Each individual colour on the wheel is a hue.
• A tint is a colour lightened by adding white.
• A shade is a colour darkened by addng black.
• Complimentary colours are colours that are across from eachother on the colour wheel. (For example: red and green, purple and yellow, blue and orange.)
• Analogous colours are any three colours which are side by side on a 12-part colour wheel. (For example: yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange.) Usually one of these three colours dominate.