COLOR THEORY

THE COLOR WHEEL

 Primary Colors
-the sources of all
colors.
-made up of RED,
BLUE, YELLOW
 Secondary Colors
-are produced when
mixing two equal amount
of primary colors.
-examples are orange,
green, violet
Intermediate Colors
-are produced by mixing
two equal amount of
primary and secondary
colors
-yellow green, blue green, blue
violet, red-violet, red-
orange, blue-orange
 Pure Colors
-are the primary,
secondary and
intermediate colors
because they have no
black and gray in them
-also called “NORMAL,
 SHADES
-when pure colors are
mix with black, they are
darker
-the more black you add,
the more darker you
 TINTS
-when pure colors are
mix with white
-tints are also called
“PASTELS”
GRAYED COLORS
-are also referred to as
“SOFT COLORS” or
“DULL COLORS”
-the more gray you add
you add, the duller the
color will be
 NEUTRALS
-are white, black and
gray
WARM COLORS
-are red, red-orange,
orange, yellow-orange
and orange. RED is the
warmest color.
 COOL COLORS
-are green, blue-green,
blue, blue-violet, violet.
BLUE is the coolest
color.
QUALITIES OF
COLORS
 HUE
-is the family group
name of a color. It is the
name of a color.
 VALUE
-refers to the lightness or
the tint or the darkness
of the shade.
 INTENSITY
-means the brightness or
dullness of a color.
-when you refer to a color
as “bright” or “very
bright” or “dull” or “very
dull” you are describing