COLORS AND COLOR MIXING

COLOR
Color is the hue of an object when light is
reflected off of it.
 COLOR MIXING
It's easy to mix paints to make new colors. You can use the
primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) plus black and white to
get all of the colors of the rainbow.
The Color Wheel
 The Color Wheel
The Color Wheel shows the relationships between the
colors.
The three primary colors are red, yellow, and blue; they
are the only colors that cannot be made by mixing two other
colors.
The three secondary colors are green, orange, and violet;
they are each a mixture of two primary colors. Their hue is
halfway between the two primary colors that were used to
mix them. On the color wheel, the secondary colors are
located between the colors they are made from.
 The Color Wheel
The six tertiary colors (red-orange, red-violet, yellow-
green, yellow-orange, blue-green and blue-violet) are made by mixing
a primary color with an adjacent secondary color. On the color wheel,
the tertiary colors are located between the primary and secondary
colors they are made from.
Black, white and gray are not true colors (or hues). They are
considered to be neutral, achromatic colors.
Value refers to how light or dark a color appears. To make a color
lighter in value, white is added. A light color is called a tint of the
original hue. For example, pink is a tint of red. To make a color darker in
value, black is added. A dark color is called a shade of the original hue.
Maroon is a shade of red.
 Making Colors Lighter or Darker

To make a color darker (this is called a shade of the original

To make a color lighter in value, add white. The more color), add a small amount of black. If you add too much
white you add, the lighter the color will get. This is called black, your color will be almost black. Another way to darken
a tint of the original color. a color is to mix in some of the complementary color (the
opposite color on a color wheel - see below). This produces a
rich, dark color (richer than just adding black). Some pairs of
complementary colors are: blue/orange, green/red,
yellow/purple, black/white.

Intensity refers to the brightness or dullness of a color. An example is bright red (or dull red).
Color Schemes (Color Harmonies):
 Color Schemes (Color Harmonies):
Monochrome (meaning "one color") color harmonies include only one color in different value (the lightness
and darkness of a color) and intensity (the brightness or dullness of a color). An example of a monochrome
color scheme could include any color mixed with white, gray, or black. For example, red, rose and pink (red
mixed with white) are monochrome.
Adjacent colors (also called analogous colors) uses colors that neighbor each other on the color wheel. An
example is a color scheme that includes various values and intensities of reds and oranges.
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel are called complementary colors. For example, violet and
yellow are complementary colors. So are red and green, and blue and orange.
A single split complement uses a primary color plus colors on either side of its complement. An example is
a color scheme that includes various values and intensities of greens, violet-reds and red-oranges.
A triad uses colors at the points of an equilateral triangle (three colors spaced equally on the color wheel).
These are sometimes called balanced colors. An example of a triadic scheme could be red, blue, and yellow;
green, orange, and purple, etc.
A double split complement (also called tetradic) uses two pairs of complements, one apart on the color
wheel. An example is red, green, orange, and blue.
 Warm Colors and Cool Colors:
The warm colors include reds, oranges, and yellows;
the cool colors include blues, greens and violets. The neutral
colors are black, white, and grays.