Colour Theory Flashcards
What are the primary colours?
The primary colours are RED, YELLOW AND BLUE
What do you get by mixing the primary colours?
You get secondary colours, which are green, orange and purple.
What is an advancing colour?
An advancing colour is a warm colour, because they appear to
be closer to the viewer than other colours.
Rooms painted in these colours feel warm but also feel
smaller because the warm colours make the walls look
closer.
What is a receding colour?
Receding colours are cold colours, because they appear to
be further away.
Rooms painted in these colours feel cold but also feel
bigger because the cool colours make the walls look
more distant.
What is a contrasting colour?
When 2 colours are opposite each other on the colour
wheel they are considered to be complementary colors.
When 2 contrasting colours are used together in a
design they make each other seem brighter and more
intense. (example: red and green)
What are harmonising colours?
The colours next to each other on the colour wheel
harmonise (go together). Harmonising colours are
used to make elements of a design look related to
each other
What are harmonising colours?
The colours next to each other on the colour wheel
harmonise (go together). Harmonising colours are
used to make elements of a design look related to
each other
What are tertiary colours?
Tertiary colours are the resulting colour formed when an equal amount of a
primary and a secondary colour are mixed. The primary and
secondary colour must be beside each other on the colour wheel. For
example, a mixture of 50-percent blue and 50-percent green would make
blue-green or green – blue.
What are tertiary colours?
Tertiary colours are the resulting colour formed when an equal amount of a
primary and a secondary colour are mixed. The primary and
secondary colour must be beside each other on the colour wheel. For
example, a mixture of 50-percent blue and 50-percent green would make
blue-green or green – blue.
