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I.E.S.

Ribera del bullaque Sección Europea Inglés

THE COLOUR
PIGMENT COLOURS
Colours that we use to paint.
Colour tools:
• watercolours,
• crayons,
• pencils,
• markers,
• pastels, etc.

PRIMARY COLOURS
Primary colours are more important than others because we can
obtain all other colours by mixing them together.
• YELLOW
• CYAN BLUE
• MAGENTA

SECONDARY COLOURS
When we mix two primary colours
we obtain a secondary colour
• GREEN
• VIOLET
• ORANGE

TERTIARY COLOURS
When we mix one primary colour
with another secondary colour
we obtain a tertiary colour
• YELLOWISH GREEN
• TURQUOISE
• INDIGO
• PURPLE
• RED
• YELLOWISH ORANGE

When we mix the three primary colours we obtain: BLACK

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QUALITIES OF COLOUR
The colors are defined by three essential qualities:

• Tone
• Value
• Saturation

TONE
The tone is the specific name that is given to each colour.
So it is the quality by which we identify the colour.

VALUE
The value of a colour represents the degree of brightness
and darkness.
We can do different gradations or family values, mixing
with white or black colour.

Brightness
Darkness
Hight value Low value

SATURATION
Saturation is the degree of purity or intensity of a colour

Very saturated or pure colour


(primary colours)

Not very saturated or not pure colour

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(made with mix)
COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS
Two colours are complementary when they are on opposite
sides of the colour wheel.
You must know the matches of most important
complementary colours

yellow violet

Cyan-blue orange

magenta green

FAMILY COLOURS
• Cool colours
• Warm colours
• Acromatic colours

COOL COLOURS
A family of cool colours is a set of colours that are close in
the colour wheel and near to blue.

PASTE A PICTURE MADE WITH COOL


COLOURS

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WARM COLOURS
A family of warm colors is a set of colors that are close in
the colour wheel and sourrounding yellow and magenta
colours.

PASTE A PICTURE MADE WITH WARM


COLOURS

ACROMATIC COLOURS
In an acromatic family we use only white and black colours,
mixed in different proportions.

PASTE A PICTURE MADE WITH


ACROMATC COLOURS

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HARMONY
Colours called harmonic are placed next to each other on
the colour wheel.

PASTE A PICTURE MADE WITH


HARMONIC COLOURS

CONTRAST
Colours called contrasted are placed far to each other on
the colour wheel.

PASTE A PICTURE MADE WITH


CONTRAST COLOURS

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