Prestwick Academy: Art & Design Exp COLOUR

These colours are opposite from each other on the colour wheel:

• Tertiary Colours

• Primary Colours

• Harmonious Colours

• Complementary Colours

Complementary colours within an artwork create:

• Contrast, clashing, balance

• harmony, calm, unity

• sad, cold, lonely feelings

• Gloomy, dark, dangerous

Three colours beside each other on the colour wheel are also known as:

• Harmonious Colours

• Secondary Colours

• Cool Colours

• Complementary Colours

Select the artwork that uses harmonious colours:

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What is the effect of using harmonious colours within an artwork?

• Clean, modern, simple

• Calm, organic, rustic

• Harmony, calm, unity

• Energetic, bold, child like

Blues, Greens, and Purples depict feelings of coolness, relaxation, and sadness. These colours are also known as:

• Warm Colours

• Cool Colours

• Tertiary Colours

• Analogous Colours

Reds, Yellows, and Oranges depict feelings of heat, passion, and intensity. These colours are also known as:

• Cool Colours

• Primary Colours

• Secondary Colours

• Warm Colours

Wide or limited range of colours?

• Wide range

• Limited range

Using a limited palette/range of colour creates what?

• Calm, organic, rustic

• a dramatic effect

• energetic, bold, child like

• calm, sophisticated, clean, modern, simple

Has a wide or narrow range of colours been used in this painting?

• Wide range (lots of different colours)

• Narrow range (not many colours)