Colour Theory

What is color theory?

• A type of art style

• A scientific approach to using colors

• A historical study of colors

• A painting technique

What does the color wheel help us understand?

• How to mix paint

• Different types of color blindness

• How different colors work together

• The history of colors

Who created the traditional color wheel?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Albert Einstein

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Pablo Picasso

What are the primary colors?

• Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

• Red, Blue, Yellow

• Black, White, Grey

• Green, Orange, Purple

What can you create by mixing primary colors?

• Quinary colors

• Secondary colors

• Quaternary colors

• Tertiary colors

What is hue?

• The temperature of a color

• The darkness of a color

• The color position around the wheel

• The brightness of a color

What does saturation describe?

• How vibrant a color is

• How warm or cool a color is

• How dark or light a color is

• How much grey is in a color

What is a monochromatic color harmony?

• Using two colors from opposite sides of the color wheel

• Using three colors evenly spaced around the color wheel

• Using one base color in different shades, tones, or tints

• Using four colors in a rectangle shape on the color wheel

What is a complementary color scheme?

• Using two colors from opposite sides of the color wheel

• Using one color in various intensities

• Using colors only from one half of the color wheel

• Using three colors next to each other on the color wheel

What does an analogous color scheme use?

• Four colors that form a rectangle on the color wheel

• Three colors that form a triangle on the color wheel

• Two colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel

• Two to four colors that are next to each other on the color wheel