Colour Theory Flashcards
What are the primary colours?
Red, yellow and blue
Red and yellow
orange
Blue and yellow
green
blue and red
purple
what are advancing colours?
warm colours
what are receding colours?
cold colours
what are contrasting colours?
colours that are opposite each other in the colour wheel
how are contrasting colours used in design?
to make a certain thing stand out - create dominance
what does red contrast against?
green
what does yellow contrast against?
purple
what does blue contrast against?
orange
what is a harmonising colour?
colours next to each other on the colour wheel
how are harmonising colours used in design?
to make elements of a publication look related to eachother
what is a tertiary colour?
a colour formed when an equal amount of a
primary and a secondary colour are mixed.
what is the requirement for tertiary colours?
they must be beside one another on the colour wheel
