Color Wheel
Warm Colors and Cool Colors
In color theory we can divide the color wheel in half, splitting the colors into warm colors and cool colors.In color theory we can divide the color wheel in half, splitting the colors into warm colors and cool colors.
Blues, greens and some purples are considered cool colors.
Reds, oranges and yellows are considered warm colors.
Warm colours are said to bring energy, and cool colours are said to bring a feeling of calm.
The basic color wheel is a collection of 12 colors which include: three primary, three secondary, and six tertiary colors.
In design, selecting color schemes for your project can sometimes be challenging.
Learning the basics of the color wheel and how colors relate to one another will help you create color schemes that both make sense and are pleasing to the eye.
Primary Colors
Secondary Colors
Secondary Colors
Red, Yellow, and Blue
These three primary colors are the foundation of the color wheel. Their true color pigments cannot be created by mixing any other combination of colors. All other colors in the color wheel are derived from these three color hues.
Secondary Colors
Secondary Colors
Secondary Colors
Violet, Orange, and Green
These secondary color hues are created by mixing equal parts of two primary colors together.
Red + Blue = Violet
Red + Yellow = Orange
Blue + Yellow = Green
Tertiary Colors
Secondary Colors
Complementary Colors
Blue-Violet, Red-Violet, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, and Blue-Green
In total, there are six tertiary colors. These tertiary color hues are created by mixing equal parts of a primary and secondary color together.
Blue (primary) + Violet (secondary) = Blue-Violet
Red (primary) + Violet (secondary) = Red-Violet
Red (primary) + Orange (secondary) = Red-Orange
Yellow (primary) + Orange (secondary) = Yellow-Orange
Yellow (primary) + Green (secondary) = Yellow-Green
Blue (primary) + Green (secondary) = Blue-Green
Complementary Colors
Complementary Colors
Complementary Colors
Complementary colors are those that enhance each other. They are opposite colors and are located directly across from one another on the color wheel. The color wheel consists of six basic sets of complementary colors. The graphic above depicts four examples of complementary colors. Using these color combinations give your projects high contrast. When mixing complementary colors, you achieve a muddy, brownish-grey color.
Analogous Colors
Complementary Colors
Analogous Colors
An analogous color scheme includes three neighboring colors. They are next to one another on the color wheel and share one dominant color (the color in the middle). These color schemes achieve a harmonious look and feel.
HUE
SHADE
SHADE
Green, orange, yellow, and blue — each of these is a hue, a color or a shade that's true. A rainbow shows the melting of one hue into another, from red to violet, and all shades in between. The noun hue means both a color and a shade of a color.
SHADE
SHADE
SHADE
In color theory, a tint is a mixture of a color with white, which reduces darkness, while a shade is a mixture with black, which increases darkness. ... A tone is produced either by mixing a color with grey, or by both tinting and shading.
TINT
TINT
TINT
a tint is a mixture of a color with white, which reduces darkness, while a shade is a mixture with black, which increases darkness. Both processes affect the resulting color mixture's relative lightness. A tone is produced either by mixing a color with grey, or by both tinting and shading.
TONE
TINT
TINT
Tone in an artistic context refers to the light and dark values used to render a realistic object, or to create an abstract composition. When using pastel, an artist may often use a colored paper support, using areas of pigment to define lights and darks, while leaving the bare support to show through as the mid-tone.
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