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    The document discusses the color wheel and different types of colors. Primary colors cannot be made by other colors and include red, yellow, and blue. Secondary colors are made by mixing two primary colors and include orange, green, and purple. Tertiary colors are made by mixing a primary and secondary color. The color wheel also shows complementary colors opposite each other that have high contrast, such as blue and orange, or red and green, as used by Van Gogh and Monet respectively.

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    The document discusses the color wheel and different types of colors. Primary colors cannot be made by other colors and include red, yellow, and blue. Secondary colors are made by mixing two primary colors and include orange, green, and purple. Tertiary colors are made by mixing a primary and secondary color. The color wheel also shows complementary colors opposite each other that have high contrast, such as blue and orange, or red and green, as used by Van Gogh and Monet respectively.

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    Colour Wheel

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    Chiara Victoria
    The document discusses the color wheel and different types of colors. Primary colors cannot be made by other colors and include red, yellow, and blue. Secondary colors are made by mixing two primary colors and include orange, green, and purple. Tertiary colors are made by mixing a primary and secondary color. The color wheel also shows complementary colors opposite each other that have high contrast, such as blue and orange, or red and green, as used by Van Gogh and Monet respectively.

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    The Colour Wheel

    Primary Colours
    Primary Colours
    Primary Colours

    •Cannot be made from any other colours


    •All other colours are made from these
    •Equal distance from each other on colour wheel
    Secondary Colours
    Secondary Colours
    Secondary Colours

    •Made by mixing equal amounts of 2 primary colours

    •Found halfway between the primary colours on the wheel


    Tertiary Colours

    Made by mixing equal amounts of adjoining primary and secondary colours.


    The whole colour wheel
    Complementary Colours

    This colour scheme uses opposite


    colours on the colour wheel. These
    colours are across from each other on
    the wheel and have great contrast.
    Complementary colours used by Van
    Gogh

    BLUE + ORANGE
    Complementary colours used by Monet

    RED + GREEN

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