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COMBINING COLOURSTO CREATE THE PERFECTPLEASING PATTERNS
when dealing with colours, you have to know
THECOLOUR
HW EEL
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
