Colour Theory

PRIMARY COLOURS

The primary colours are red, blue, and

yellow.

Colour cannot be reduced further than

+SECONDARY COLOURS

The secondary colours are achieved by

mixing two of the primary colours

together. Blue combined with

yellow results in green. Red and blue

create violet. Red and yellow create orange.

+TERTIARY COLOURS

Primary and secondary colours combined achieve

six tertiary colours. These are: red/violet

red/orange yellow/green

yellow/orange blue/green blue/violet

CMYKSubtractive color model For printed materialColors result from reflected lightCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (black)

RBGProjected light used to display

colour. Red, Blue and Green are added together in Additive colour

EMOTIONS TO COLOUR

MUSIC TONES TO COLOURS

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