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Color is produced when light waves are reflected into our eyes and can influence mood. The color wheel is divided into primary, secondary, and tertiary colors and shows how they are derived by mixing other colors.

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Color

Color is produced when light waves are reflected into our eyes and can influence mood. The color wheel is divided into primary, secondary, and tertiary colors and shows how they are derived by mixing other colors.

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Color

Color is the element of art that


involves light. It is produced when
light waves strike an object and
are reflected into our eyes. Colors
have great influences on your
mood. Looking through artworks
and paintings can help you know
and feel the visual artist’s
The color wheel (sometimes
called a color circle) is a
handy tool often used by
artists and interior decorators
as a visual aid in
understanding the
relationship between colors.
was developed in 1666 by Sir
Isaac Newton when he took
the color spectrum and bent it
into a circle. The color wheel is
a circular chart divided into 12
sections with each sector
showing a different color. It is
made up of three different
types of colors – primary,
secondary, and tertiary.
Primary colors are red,
yellow, and blue. These
colors are equally distanced
apart on the color wheel.
There only three primary
colors and they are the most
basic colors on the wheel.
They cannot be created by mixing
any other colors together and
can only be derived through
natural pigments. All other colors
found on the color wheel can be
mixed from these three basic
colors.
Secondary colors are
orange, green and purple (or
violet). These colors are
created from mixing equal
parts of any two primary
colors together.
Red + yellow = orange
Yellow + blue = green
Blue + red = violet (purple)
Tertiary colors are red-purple, red-
orange, blue-green, bluepurple,
yellow-green, and yellow-
orange. There are six tertiary
colors and they are the result
from mixing equal parts of a
primary color with a secondary
color.
The proper way to refer to tertiary colors is by
listing the primary color first and then the
secondary color. That’s why tertiary colors are
referred to by a
two word name.

Red + violet (purple) = red-violet (red-purple)


Red + orange = red-orange
Blue + green = blue-green
Blue + violet (purple) = blue-violet (blue-purple)
Yellow + orange = yellow-orange
Yellow + green = yellow-green

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