1. Colour Theory

3. Red, Blue and Yellow are the primary colours:

4. Purple, Orange and Green are the Secondary colours:

5. Tertiary Colours Created by mixing a primary colour with a secondary colour, except for complementary colours.

6. The Complementary Colours: Red and greenYellow and purpleBlue and orange

7. Cool and warm colours:

8. Creating tones with hints and shadows through paint:

9. Achromatic work by M.C Escher

10. Monochromatic Painting

11. Franz Marc:

12. Pablo Picasso:

13. Claude Monet:

14. Vincent Van Gogh:

15. Seurat- ‘ La grande Jatte ’ 1884-1886

16. Colour and symbolism in western culture White peace, purity and innocence Black death, evil, fear and sorrow Blue freshness, purity, hygiene, heaven Purple wealth, royalty and power Green nature, health, growth, envy Yellow happiness, energy, hope and wisdom Orange creativity and endurance Red danger, anger, violence, love,

17. RED - What it means around the world. In Russia red means beautiful In India red is a symbol for a soldier In South Africa red is the colour of mourning In China red is the colour of good luck and is used as a wedding and holiday colour To paint the town red is to celebrate Red is the colour found most commonly in flags If a business is in the red it is losing money