Color Theory

Properties of Color

• value

  space

  hue

• hue

  balance

  value

• hue

  value

  intensity

• color

  hue

  tone

How do you create secondary colors?

• primary + primary

• primary + secondary

• intermediate + primary

• intermediate + intermediate

How do you create primary colors?

• primary + primary

• primary + secondary

• intermediate + primary

• you cannot create primary colors

primary colors

• red

  orange

  green

• red

  yellow

  blue

• orange

  green

  violet

• blue-green

  blue-violet

  red-violet

secondary colors

• red

  orange

  green

• red

  yellow

  blue

• orange

  green

  violet

• blue-green

  blue-violet

  red-violet

examples of intermediate colors

• red

  orange

  green

• red

  yellow

  blue

• orange

  green

  violet

• blue-green

  blue-violet

  red-violet

intermediate colors (tertiary colors)

• primary + primary

• primary + secondary

• intermediate + primary

• you cannot mix primary colors

color schemes

• name of a color

• visual sensation produced by light and pigment

• a specific group of colors

• a circle with different colored sections used to show the relationship between colors

color

• name of a color

• visual sensation produced by light and pigment

• a specific group of colors

• a circle with different colored sections used to show the relationship between colors

hue

• name of a color

• visual sensation produced by light and pigment

• a specific group of colors

• a circle with different colored sections used to show the relationship between colors