COLOUR AND ITS

APPLICATION
HOMESCIENCE
GRADE 9
COLOURS ARE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR ORGIN & PROPERTIES AS
FOLLOWS :
A] PRIMARY , SECONDARY & TERITARY COLOURS
B] WARM AND COOL COLOURS
C] NETURAL COLOURS
D] METALIC COLOURS
THE 3 PRIMARY, 3 SECONDARY AND THE 6 TERTIARY COLOURS COBINDLY FORMED THE SET
OF 12 COLOURS
COLOUR WHEEL :
THE CIRCLE CONTAINING THESE TWELEVE COLOURS IS CALLED COLOUR WHEEL . THE
COLOUR WHEEL IS THE BASIS OF ALL COLOUR SCHEMES
•A] PRIMARY COLOURS – THE PRIMARY COLOURS ARE RED , YELLOW AND BLUE . THEY ARE
CALLED PRIMARIES BECAUSE THEY CANN BE OBATINED BY THE COMBINATION OF OTHER
COLOUR, AS THEY ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL OTHER COLOURS
•B] SECONDARY COLOURS – COLOURS FORMED BY MIXING PRIMARY COLOURS IN EQUAL
QUANTITES ARE CALLED SECONDARY COLOURS . THESE ARE ORANGE , GREEN AND PURPLE
•C] TERTIARY COLOURS – THESE COLOURS ARE FORMED MIXING A PRIMARY ANDA SECONDARY
COLOUR IN EQUAL QUANTITIES . FOR EXAMPLE , BLUE [ PRIMARY ] AND GREEN [ SECONDARY ]
ARE MIXED TO FORM BLUE- GREEN [ TERTIARY] . THERE ARE 6 TERITIARYCOLOURS WHICH ARE
AS FOLLOW :
•YELLOW + ORANGE = YELLOW ORANGE [ YO]
•RED + ORANGE = RED ORANGE [ RO]
•RED + PURPLE = RED PURPLE [ RP]
•BLUE + PURPLE = BLUE PURPLE [ BP]
•BLUE + GREEN = BLUE GREEN [ BG]
•YELLOW + GREEN = YELLOW GREEN [ YG]
•THE TERTIARY COLOURS ARE ALWAYS NAMED WITH THEIR PRIMARY COLOUR NAME FIRST
• A] BLACK = BLACK IMPLIES SELF – CONTROL AND DISCLIPINE , INDEPENDENCE AND A
STRONG WILL AND GIVES AN IMPRESSONS OF AUTHORITY AND POWER . IT IS ASSOICATED
WITH DEATH , DARKNESS , EVIL AND MYSTERY . IN INTERIORS , BLACK CAN BE USED IN A
LUXURIOUS SETTING
• B] WHITE – WHITE IS AN INHERENTLY POSTIVE COLOUR, WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH
INNOCENCE , PURITY , PEACE , GOODNESS AND FAITH . IN INDIA , IT IS USED AS A COLOUR
FOR MOURNING . IN INTERIOR , IT IS USED ON CEILINGS , BATHROOMS AND KITCHENS FOR
BETTER VISIBLITY . IT HELPS TO EMPHASISE OTHER COLOURS . IT IS ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE
TO MAINTAIN
• C] GREY =IT IS A COLOUR OBTAINED BY MIXING BLACK AND WHITE . IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH
MASCULINTY , MODESTY , SINCERTY ,AND INDIFFERENCE . IN INTETIORS, GREY CAN
MANIFEST OTHET COLOURS . IT IS USED FOR WALLS , DRAPERIES, FLOORS , UPHOLSTERY ,
STEEL , CUPBOARDS , GRILLS AND GATES
• WARM & COOL COLOURS
• METALLIC COLOURS
• METALLIC COLOURS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PRESTIAGE AND WEALTH
• THEY ARE SEEN AS GLAMOROUS , SOPHISTICATED AND RELATED TO PROSPERITY AND
MODERNITY
• THESE COLOURS ARE VERY VERSTAILE , BEING SHINNY , MODERN AND HI – TECH ON ONE
HAND AND ALLURING , SPARKLING ANG ELEGANT ON THE OTHER
• DIMENSIONS OF COLOURS

HUE VALUE INTENSITY

• COLOUR SCHEMES
• A COLOUR COMBINATION THAT MATCHES AND LOOKS PLEASING TO THE EYE AND
CREATES A UNIFIED AESTHIC SPACE , IS CALLED A COLOUR SCHEMES
• LARGE ROOMS SHOULD BE DONE UP IN RICH, BOLD AND DARK COLOURS , WHILE
SMALL ROOMS CAN BE DONE UP IN COOL , LIGHT , RECEDING COLOURS WITH SUBTLE
PATTERNS
• LIGTHNING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHILE STUDYING THE COLOUR SCHEME AND
THE COLOUR MATCHING SHOULD BE DONE IN NATURAL AND ARTIFICAL LIGHT
• COLOUR CHANGES AS THE LIGHT CHANGES . ARITIFICAL LIGHT SOFTENS COLOURS .
COLOURS THAT APPEAR ATTRACTIVE UNDER ARTIFICAL LIGHT , MAY NOT BE
PLEASING IN THE DAYTIME
• TYPES OF COLOUR SCHEMES

COLOUR SCHEMES

RELATED COLOUR CONTRASTING

SCHEMES COLOUR SCHEMES

DOUBLE SPLIT TETRAD

MONOCHROMATIC ANALOGUS COMPLEMENTARY TRIAD
COMPLEMENTRY COMPLEMENTRY
• RELATED COLOUR SCHEMES
• ANALOGOUS COLOUR SCHEMES
• IT IS MADE BY MIXING OF ADJACENT NEIGHBOURING COLOURS ON THE COLOUR WHEEL
• FOR EXAMPLE :
• A] YELLOW- GREEN ,YELLOW , YELLOW – ORANGE , ORANGE
• B] RED- PURPLE, PURPLE , BLUE- PURPLE AND BLUE
• CONTRASTING COLOUR SCHEMES
• THE ARRANGEMENT IS MADE BY USING COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS
• THERE ARE 5 TYPES OF COLOUR SCHEMES
• A] COMPLEMENTRY COLOUR SCHEMES
• B] DOUBLE COMPLEMENTRY COLOUR SCHEMES
• C] SPLIT COMPLEMENTRY COLOUR SCHEMES
• D] TRIAD COLOUR SCHEMES
• E] TETRAD COLOUR SCHEMES
• SPLIT COMPLEMENTRY BELT
• FOR EXAMPLE
• A] YELLOW , RED- PURPLE AND BLUE – PURPLE
• B] RED, YELLOW- GREEN AND BLUE- GREEN
• C] PURPLE, YELLOW- GREEN AND YELLOW- ORANGE
• D] BLUE , RED- ORANGE , YELLOW- ORANGE
• COMPLEMENTRY COLOUR SCHEMES :
• EXAMPLE :
• BLUE AND ORANGE , YELLOW AND PURPLE AND RED AND GREEN
• IT IS STIMULATING COLOUR SCHEME
• ANY 2 COLOURS THAT ARE OPPSITE TO EACH OTHER ON THE COLOUR WHEEL ARE CALLED
COMPLEMENTRY COLOUR SCHEMES
• TRIAD COLOUR SCHEMES
• TRIAD COLOUR SCHEMES:
• ANY 3 HUES EQUIDISTANT FROM ONE ANOTHER ON THE COLOUR WHEEL ARE KNOWN AS TRIAD
COLOUR SCHEMES
• FOR EXAMPLE :
• A] YELLOW, RED , BLUE
• B] GREEN, ORANGE , PURPLE
• C] BLUE- GREEN , RED- PURPLE AND YELLOW – ORANGE
• IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS TRIADIC OR TRIANGULAR COLOUR SCHEME