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COLOUR Colour is all around us.
Colour is a sensation experienced by the brain,
through our eyes.
It can create a dramatic or calming atmosphere
It effects our emotions, behaviour, perception
and how we orientate ourselves in a given space
PRIMARY COLOURS • The 3 primary colours are: • RED • BLUE • YELLOW • All other colours are
created from these.
SECONDARY COLOURS • There are 3 secondary colours
which are created by mixing 2 primary colours
• ORANGE yellow + red • PURPLE red + blue • GREEN blue + yellow
TERTIARY COLOURS
• There are 6 tertiary colours that are created by mixing a secondary with a primary colour
• Red-orange • Red-violet • Blue-violet • Blue-green • Yellow-orange • Yellow-green
HUE • A Hue refers to a pure
colour, without any tint, tone or shade
TINTS (PASTELS)
• Pastels are the pale and delicate tints of a colour created by the addition of white.
• Pale pink • Pale blue • Mauve /lilac • Pale green • Lemon
TONES & SHADES • TONE: a variation or
gradation of a colour with the addition of Grey
• SHADE: a variation or
gradation of a colour with the addition of Black
WARM COLOURS • Warm colors are vivid,
energetic and strong and tend to advance in space.
• Red • Red violet • Oranges • Yellows • Yellow greens These are called advancing
colours
COOL COLOURS • Cool colours give a
calm and soothing impression
• These are known as receding colours
• Blues • Greens • Blue violets • Violet
COLOUR HARMONIES
• The 6 different colour harmonies most commonly used in floral design are:
• Monochromatic • Complementary • Split Complementary • Triadic • Analogous • Tetradic
MONOCHROMATIC
• The colour harmony based on a range of tints, tones and shades of a single colour or Hue
Complementary • A Complementary colour
harmony is achieved by the use of 2 colours directly opposite on the colour wheel eg; red & green or violet & yellow
TRIADIC
• A Triadic colour harmony is achieved with a combination of 3 colours which sit at equal distances apart on the colour wheel. The best example of this are the 3 primary colours
• RED BLUE YELLOW
SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY
• Split complementary harmony is achieved with the use of a main colour and the 2 colours which are adjacent to its complementary colour
ANALOGOUS
• The analogous color harmony uses colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel.
• One color is used as a dominant color while the others are used to enrich the scheme.
• The analogous harmony is similar to the monochromatic but has a stronger and richer appearance
• It is best achieved with the use of colours of all the same visual value.
TETRADIC • A Tetradic colour
harmony is the use of 4 colours in 2 sets of complementary combinations
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