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Color Wheel

Color Wheel. A tool to use to understand the uses of color. Color Wheel. Color Wheel. Hue-Separates one color from another and represents the name of colors. The color wheel is divided into three categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Hues.

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Color Wheel

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  1. Color Wheel • A tool to use to understand the uses of color.

  2. Color Wheel

  3. Color Wheel • Hue-Separates one color from another and represents the name of colors. • The color wheel is divided into three categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary.

  4. Hues • Primary Color – natural colors; red, yellow, & blue • These colors are considered to be foundation colors because they are used to create all other colors.

  5. Hues • Secondary Colors – equal mixture of two primary colors; • Red & Yellow = Orange • Yellow & Blue = Green • Red & Blue = Purple/Violet

  6. Color Wheel • Tertiary color – equal mixture of a primary and secondary color. • Example: These colors are red-orange, red-violet, yellow-green, yellow-orange, blue-green and blue-violet

  7. Intensity (chroma) • Value – brightness or darkness of a color. -Neutral colors: Black, white, gray -Black: lowers -White raises

  8. Color Wheel • Tone – add gray to make a color dull; dusty rose is a tone of pink. • Color Harmonies – combinations of color that are pleasing to the eye.

  9. Color Wheel Value • Tint – Add white to make a color brighter, pink is a tint of red

  10. Color Wheel • Shade – add black to make a color darker, burgundy is a shade of red.

  11. Cool and Warm Colors • Colors are also divided into cool and warm categories. The cool colors are green, blue and violet. Moves objects away. Warm colors are red, orange and yellow. Move colors toward people.

  12. Color Schemes

  13. Color Schemes Related Color • Monochromatic - one hue with its tints, shades and tones, ex. Red, pink, mauve, burgundy. • Analogous - This scheme uses adjacent hues. -three or more hues that are next to each other on the color wheel. Ex. Yellow – green, yellow & yellow – orange, red, red-orange, and red-violet.

  14. Color Principles (Contrasting) • Complementary – two colors opposite each other on the color wheel. Ex. Red and green.

  15. Complementary Colors • If two hues are opposite each other on the color wheel they are considered to be complementary colors. • When used together in a design they make each other seem brighter and more intense. (example: red and green)

  16. Split-Complementary • any color with the two colors on each side of its complement. Ex. Yellow with blue-violet and red-violet.

  17. Split Complementary • This color scheme uses three colors: any hue and the two adjacent to its complement. (example: red, • yellow-green, and blue-green)

  18. Color Principles • Triadic – three colors that are equally spaced on the color wheel. Ex. Yellow, red and blue.

  19. Triadic • This scheme also uses three colors. They are evenly spaced from each other. (example: red, yellow, and blue)

  20. Double Complement • This color scheme uses two pairs of complements. (example: yellow and violet, blue and orange)

  21. Tetrad • This scheme uses four colors evenly spaced on the color wheel. • A primary, secondary and two tertiary colors are used. (example: red, green, yellow-orange, and blue-violet)

  22. Alternate complementary

  23. Polychromatic – three or more unrelated colors, select tints, shades & tones

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