ART - COLOUR THEORY

Primary colours

• green, orange, purple

• brown, gray, black

• yellow, blue, red

The result of mixing two primary colours is

• an analogous colour

• a secondary colour

• a complementary colour

secondary colours

• gray, brown, black

• green, purple, orange

• yellow, red, blue

Analogous colours are

• the ones that have something in common

• the ones that have nothing in common

• neutral colours

These colours are analogous

• green and red

• yellow and green

• black and white

Complementary colours are

• the ones that have something in common

• the ones that have nothing in common

• neutral colours

Example of complementary colours are

• yellow and blue

• orange and blue

• purple and green

Complementary colours are also known as

• warm colours

• cool colours

• opposite or contrasting colours

The result of mixing complementary colours is

• analogous colours

• neutral colours

• contrasting colours

neutral colours

• yellow, red, blue

• orange, purple, green

• gray, brown, baige