The Colour Wheel / Circle
Primary colours - Blue, Red, Yellow
Secondary colours - Orange, violet, Green
Tertiary colours - Blue green, Blue violet, Red violet, Red orange, Yellow orange,
Yellow green.
Complementary colours - Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel.
Example; red – green
Analogous colours – 3 to 5 colours near each other on the colour wheel
Example; Blue green, blue, blue violet, violet, red violet.
Warm colours – Red violet, red, red orange, orange, yellow orange, yellow
Cool Colours – Violet, blue violet, blue, blue green, green, yellow green
Tints – Colour plus white
Tones – Colour plus grey
Shades – Colour plus black