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Understand the primary, secondary, and tertiary colours, harmonizing and contrasting colours, advancing and receding colours, tones, tints, and shades. Test your knowledge with fun Batman and Robin team quiz on colour psychology!
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Read the following facts carefully so you have a better chance of answering the questions at the end…
Primary Colours: Colours that work in combination to produce all the other colours. The 3 Primary Colours: Red Yellow Blue
Secondary Colours: Colours that are made by mixing two primary colours in equal proportions. The 3 Secondary Colours: Green Orange Violet
The Colour Wheel: The colour wheel was designed to show how all colours relate to each other. The outside ring shows all of the primary, secondary and tertiary colours. Tertiary Colours are primary and secondary Colours.
Harmonising Colours: Colours beside each other on the colour wheel… For example: Red and Orange. Green and Yellow. Violet and Blue.
Contrasting Colours: Colours on opposite sides of the colour wheel… For example: Red and Green. Violet and Yellow. Orange and Blue.
Warm / Advancing Colours: Colours which evoke feelings of warmth. For example: Orange Yellow Red They are also called advancing because they appearcloser to the viewer than other colours. It does make rooms look smaller though as the walls look closer.
Cool / Receding Colours: Colours which evoke feelings of cool. For example: Blue Green Violet They are also called recedingbecause they appear further away to the viewer than other colours. It does make rooms look bigger though as the walls look more distant.
Tone: a tone of colour shows how strong or weak a colour is. By applying more coats of colour, the shade can be made stronger.
Tints and Shades: Tints and shades are created by adding white or black to a colour. White is added to make a tint, and appear softer. Black is added to make a shade and appears heavier.
Write your names at the top then Q1 – 15 at the left hand side of your piece of paper. Batman and Robin The team who gets the most answers correct at the end will get a prize!
Q5. What is the difference between advancing and receding colours?
Q1. Harmonising colours sit beside each other on the colour wheel. Q2. Any two that sit right next to each other on the above colour wheel.
Q3. Contrasting colours are on opposite sides of the colour wheel. Q4. Any two that sit opposite to each other on the above colour wheel.
Q5. Advancing evokes feelings of warmth whilst Receding evokes feelings of cool. Q6. & Q7. Warm: Orange, Yellow, Red. Cool: Blue, Green, Violet.
Q8. White is added to a colour to make a tint. Q9. Black is added to a colour to make a shade.
