Color Theory What is it? Primary Colors Secondary Colors Tertiary Colors Monochromatic Complementary Split-Complement Analogous Triadic Color Quiz

What is Color Theory? Practical Color Guidance Based on the Color Wheel Visual Effects of Color Mixing Categories of Colors Home Color Schemes

Primary Colors - Red, Blue, and Yellow - The root of all other hues - Cannot be mixed from any other hues Think of the Primaries as the "Parent Colors" HomeNext

Secondary Colors - Orange, Purple, and Green - Mix of two Primaries Home Next Red + Yellow = Orange Red + Blue = Purple Blue + Yellow = Green

Tertiary Colors - Yellow-orange, Red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, and orange-red - Mix a Primary with a Secondary for these colors. Home

Monochromatic Color Scheme One color's Tints, Tones, and Shades Tint = Color + White Tone = Color + Gray Shade = Color + Black Example: Pablo Picasso's "The Tragedy" Home Next

Complementary Color Scheme Two colors across from each other. Example: Pablo Picasso's "Bather" Home Next

Split-Complementary Color Scheme One color and the neighbors of its complement. Example: Salvador Dali's "Santiago El Grande" HomeNext

Analogous Color Scheme Colors next to each other. Example: Paul Cézanne's "Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley" Home Next

Triadic Color Scheme Three equally spaced colors. Example: Salvador Dali's "The Meditative Rose" Home

Color Quiz

What are the three Primary Colors? Return

What are the three Secondary Colors? Return

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Name Three Tertiary colors? Return

What is Color Theory based on? Return

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Another name for the Primary Colors? Return

Red + Yellow = ? Return

Blue + Yellow = ? Return

Red + Blue = ? Return

Red + Blue = ? Return

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