Theory of Colour

colour
QUESTIONS

What are the primary colours?

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What are the 3 primary colours?

• RED

• YELLOW

• BLUE

• GREEN

• BLACK & WHITE

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Primary colours are:

YELLOW

BLUE

RED

What are the secondary colours?

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What are the 3 SECONDARY colours?

• ORANGE

• VIOLET

• YELLOW

• GREEN

What are the secondary colours?

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ORANGE

GREEN

VIOLET

Secondary colours are a mix of primary colours.

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What colours do we need to mix to get GREEN?

• YELLOW

• BLUE

• RED

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What colours do we need to mix to get VIOLET?

• YELLOW

• BLUE

• RED

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What colours do we need to mix to get ORANGE?

• YELLOW

• BLUE

• RED

What are the names of the colours between primary and secondary colours?

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What’s the name of the colour

between blue and green?

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What's the name of the colour between blue and green?

What’s the name of the colour between blue and green?

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BLUE-GREEN

What do we call the colours between the primary and the secondary colours?

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YELLOW ORANGE

RED-ORANGE

RED-VIOLET

YELLOW GREEN

BLUE-GREEN

BLUE-VIOLET

​Colour
complements

They are opposite in the colour wheel.

180º

What’s the colour complement of blue?

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What's the colour complement of BLUE?

• ORANGE

• RED

• YELLOW

• BLUE

• GREEN

What’s the colour complement of

blue?

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BLUE

ORANGE

colours

complements

Multiple Choice

What's the colour complement of RED?

• ORANGE

• VIOLET

• YELLOW

• BLUE

• GREEN

What’s the colour complement of

red?

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colours

complements

RED

GREEN

Multiple Choice

What's the colour complement of YELLOW?

• ORANGE

• VIOLET

• RED

• BLUE

• GREEN

What’s the colour complement of yellow?

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colours

complements

YELLOW

VIOLET

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YELLOW

VIOLET

COLOUR COMPLEMENTS

On the color wheel, purple and yellow are opposites, which makes them complementary. That's why this pairing always looks good in your home and landscaping.

Yellow + Violet

Red is a warm primary colour. Green is a cool secondary colour. It's a perfect balance – one warm, the other cool.

Red + Green

​Blue and orange are usually used in films to generate contrast. Have you ever wondered why every movie poster is orange and blue? Now you know!

Blue + Orange

COLOUR COMPLEMENTS

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YELLOW ORANGE

BLUE-VIOLET

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BLUE

ORANGE

COLOUR COMPLEMENTS

COLOUR COMPLEMENTS

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RED-ORANGE

BLUE-GREEN

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RED

GREEN

COLOUR COMPLEMENTS

COLOUR COMPLEMENTS

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RED-VIOLET

YELLOW GREEN

Colour Analogous

There're 2 of them.
They are on both sides in the colour wheel.

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What colours are analogous to

blue-violet?

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What colours are analogous to

blue-violet?

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BLUE

VIOLET

BLUE-VIOLET

What colours are analogous to red-orange?

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What colours are analogous to red-orange?

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RED-ORANGE

RED

ORANGE

What colours are analogous to green?

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What 2 colours are analogous of GREEN?

• YELLOW-GREEN

• BLUE GREEN

• RED

• YELLOW

• BLUE

What colours are analogous to green?

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GREEN

BLUE-GREEN

YELLOW GREEN

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What 2 colours are analogous of RED-VIOLET?

• YELLOW-GREEN

• VIOLET

• RED

• YELLOW

• ORANGE

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RED

ANALOGOUS COLOURS

RED-VIOLET

VIOLET

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ANALOGOUS COLOURS

RED-VIOLET

VIOLET

BLUE-VIOLET

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BLUE

VIOLET

BLUE-VIOLET

ANALOGOUS COLOURS

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BLUE

BLUE-VIOLET

ANALOGOUS COLOURS

BLUE-GREEN

ANALOGOUS COLOURS

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GREEN

BLUE-GREEN

BLUE

ANALOGOUS COLOURS

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GREEN

BLUE-GREEN

YELLOW GREEN

ANALOGOUS COLOURS

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GREEN

YELLOW GREEN

YELLOW

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ANALOGOUS COLOURS

YELLOW ORANGE

YELLOW

YELLOW GREEN

ANALOGOUS COLOURS

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YELLOW

ORANGE

YELLOW ORANGE

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RED-ORANGE

ORANGE

ANALOGOUS COLOURS

YELLOW ORANGE

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RED-ORANGE

RED

ORANGE

ANALOGOUS COLOURS

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RED-ORANGE

RED

ANALOGOUS COLOURS

RED-VIOLET

WARM VS COOL
COLOURS

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Cool colours have more blue.

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COOL

Warm colours have more red.

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WARM

Multiple Choice

ONLY COOL COLOURS: Find the ODD one out.

• BLUE GREEN

• BLUE

• BLUE-VIOLET

• GREEN

• RED

Multiple Choice

ONLY WARM COLOURS: Find the ODD one out.

• BLUE GREEN

• YELLOW

• ORANGE

• RED-ORANGE

• RED

What other colours are part of a colour triad with Red-violet?

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HINT: a colour triad makes a triangle and there are 3 colours between each colour in the triad.

What other colours are part of a

colour triad with Red-violet?

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colour
triad

YELLOW ORANGE

RED-VIOLET

BLUE-GREEN

COLOUR TRIADS

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colour
triad

YELLOW

BLUE

RED

​They are spaced 3 colours from each other.

​Primary colours are a triad.

COLOUR TRIAD

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colour
triad

ORANGE

GREEN

VIOLET

​​Secondary colours are also a triad.

COLOUR TRIAD

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colour
triad

YELLOW ORANGE

RED-VIOLET

BLUE-GREEN

COLOUR TRIAD

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colour
triad

YELLOW GREEN

BLUE-VIOLET

​RED-ORANGE

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SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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YELLOW

GREEN

RED-VIOLET

​HINT: to find the split-complementary group, start with a colour and then add the 2 colours on

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What other colours are part of a split-complementary to red?

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HINT: to find the split-complementary group, start with a colour and then add 2 colours on

either side of its complement.

What other colours are part of a split-complementary to red?

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HINT: to find the split-complementary group, start with a colour and then add the 2 colours on

either side of its complement.

BLUE-GREEN

YELLOW GREEN

RED

split-

comple
mentary

Split
complementary

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What's the split-complementary of BLUE-GREEN? (2)

• RED-ORANGE

• RED

• ORANGE

• GREEN

• BLUE

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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RED

ORANGE

BLUE-GREEN

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What's the split-complementary of RED-VIOLET? (2)

• YELLOW-ORANGE

• YELLOW

• YELLOW-GREEN

• GREEN

• RED-VIOLET

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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VIOLET

YELLOW ORANGE

YELLOW GREEN

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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YELLOW

ORANGE

BLUE-VIOLET

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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BLUE

YELLOW ORANGE

RED-ORANGE

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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GREEN

RED-ORANGE

RED-VIOLET

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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RED

VIOLET

YELLOW GREEN

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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YELLOW

RED-VIOLET

BLUE-VIOLET

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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BLUE

VIOLET

YELLOW ORANGE

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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ORANGE

BLUE-GREEN

BLUE-VIOLET

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

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BLUE

GREEN

RED-ORANGE

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