COLOR THEORY BASICS :: Color Wheel
Posted By COLOURlover On 24 November, 2006 @ 9:26 am In Articles | 11 Comments
| The colour wheel is a visual representation of colour theory. Colors are arranged according to their chromatic relationship. Primary colors are positioned equidistant from one another and are connected by a bridge using secondary and tertiary colors |
 PRIMARY COLORS Red, yellow and blue :: In traditional color theory, these are the 3 pigment colors that can not be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors. All other colors are derived from these 3 hues |
 SECONDARY COLORS Orange, green and violet :: Colors created by a mixture of two primaries. |
 TERTIARY COLORS Red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet and red-violet :: Colors created by a mixture of primary and secondary hues. |
 COMPLEMENTARY COLORS Colors located opposite each other on a colour wheel. |
 ANALOGOUS COLORS Colours located close together on a colour wheel. |
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