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Colour Theory Colour Theory. Colour occurs because of light. (If there is no light there is no colour!) Colour is dependent upon the quality of light.

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1 Colour Theory Colour Theory

2 Colour occurs because of light. (If there is no light there is no colour!) Colour is dependent upon the quality of light present. (low light = duller colours, bright light = brighter colours)

3 A colour also changes in relation to other colours around that colour.

4 The Colour Wheel The Colour Wheel (Use ROY G BIV to remember the order.) Yellow Yellow-Green Green Blue-Green Blue Blue-Violet Violet Red-Violet Red Red-Orange Orange Yellow-Orange

5 – make all other colours : red, blue, yellow – made by combining two primaries: orange, green, violet – made from a primary and a secondary: R-O, Y-O, Y-G, B-G, B-V, R-V Primary colours – make all other colours : red, blue, yellow Secondary colours – made by combining two primaries: orange, green, violet Tertiary colours – made from a primary and a secondary: R-O, Y-O, Y-G, B-G, B-V, R-V

6 Warm colours – red, orange, yellow Cool colours – violet, blue, green

7 Warm Colours Cool Colours

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9 The Properties of Colour  Hue (name, ex. blue)  Intensity – refers to brightness/dullness of a colour (bright blue/ dull blue)  Value – refers to how light or dark a colour is. (light blue/dark blue)

10 Colour Intensity:  To dull a colour, add its complement (opposite)  Mixing two complementary colours will make a neutral colour (brown, grey)

11 Colour Value  Tints - add white to lighten a colour  Shades – add black to darken a colour

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13 Colour Schemes

14 1. Monochromatic – tints and shades of one colour 1. Monochromatic – tints and shades of one colour

15 2.Analogous – colours beside each other on the colour wheel

16 3.Complementary– colours opposite each other on the colour wheel.

17 4.Split Complimentary – one colour plus the two colors on either side of its complement

18 5.Triadic – three colours equidistant from one another on the colour wheel


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