Combining Colours To Create The Perfect Pleasing Patterns

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COMBINING COLOURSTO CREATE THE PERFECTPLEASING PATTERNS

when dealing with colours, you have to know

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Three Primary Colours

REDBLUEYELLOW

Three Secondary Colours

ORANGE PURPLE GREEN

WHEN YOU COMBINE THESE PRIMARIES, YOU’LL GET

Combine the secondary colours to its neighbouring primary colour,

you’ll get a tertiary colour.

YellowOrange

YellowGreen

BlueGreen

BluePurple

RedPurple

RedOrange

THE SIX TERTIARY COLOURS

AchromaticAchromatic uses black, white and grey.

Monochromatic

Monochromatic uses a single colour with

various values and intensities. Black and white can be used here

to add various tints and shades.

Analogous

Analogous uses colours adjacent in the colour wheel. Any 3 neighbouring colours are analogous. The colours vary slightly from each other & are harmonious.

Complementary

Complementary uses colours located opposite each other on the colour wheel like red & green, yellow & purple, orange & blue.

Triadic

Triadic uses 3 colours from the colour wheel equally spaced from the other. These used together are considered triadic. Orange, green and violet are triadic colours.

Colour Theories – Creating Harmony

In making your designs, you always want it to look pleasing. So we have to consider colour harmony. In doing that, we merely have to know three theories. • 2 Colours Opposite of Each other on

the Colour Wheel are harmonious.• Any 3 Colours Equally Spaced Around

the Colour Wheel Forming a Triangle are harmonious

• Any 4 Colours Forming a Rectangle, Each Opposite of Each other on the Colour

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