Colour Theory Flashcards
What are the three primary colours?
Red, Yellow, Blue
What are the three secondary colours?
Green, Orange, Purple
Name two tertiary colours
Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Red-Violet
What are the connotations of the colour red?
Anger, Danger, Warning, Blood, Fast, Fear
What are the connotations of the colour orange?
Warmth, Sunset, Energy, Happy
What are the connotations of the colour yellow?
Weak, Light, Innocent, Bright, Coward
What are the connotations of the colour green?
Serene, Calm, Environment, Plants, Natural, Jealous, Everlasting
What are the connotations of the colour blue?
Cold, Sky, Openness, Cool, Ice, Chilled
What are the connotations of the colour purple?
Dreams, Luxury, Scared
What do you add to a colour to make a shade?
Black
What do you add to a colour to make a tint?
White
What do you do to a colour to create tone?
Alter the transparency/line weight
What are the connotations of the colour black?
Darkness, Mystery, Death, Mourning, Sinister, Evil
What are the connotations of the colour white?
Purity, Clean, Hygienic, Goodness, Empty
What colours are warm?
Red, Yellow, Orange
What is an advancing colour?
Colours that make things appear closer
What are the advancing colours?
Warm colours
What colours are cold?
Blue, Green, Purple
What is a receding colour?
Colours that make things appear further away
What are the receding colours?
Cool colours
What is a contrasting colour?
Colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel
What is a harmonising colour?
Colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel
What do contrasting colours do?
Make each other feel brighter?
