2. WHAT IS A COLOUR
WHEEL?
The colour wheel is a chart representing the
relationship between colours, it was designed by
Sir Isaac Newton in 1666.Painters use it to
identify colors to mix and designers use it to
choose colours that go well together.Begin a
color wheel by placing primary colours
equidistant from one another, then create a
bridge between primaries using secondary and
tertiary colors.
3. The colours of the color
wheelThe colors included are primary colors
(red, yellow, and blue), secondary colors
(orange, green, and violet), and tertiary
colors (yellow green, blue green, blue
violet, red violet, red orange, and yellow
orange). Secondary colors are created by
mixing primary colors and tertiary colors
are created by mixing primary and
secondary colors.
4. PRIMARYCOLOURSOFTHECOLOURWHEEL
In theory, the Primary Colors
are the root of every other
colour. You have to think that
the primary colours are the
Parents in the family of colors..
In paint , pure Yellow, pure Red,
and pure Blue are the only
colours that can’t be created by
mixing any other colours
together
5. TERTIARY COLOURSOFTHECOLOURWHEEL
When you mix a Primary and its nearest Secondary
on the Basic Color Wheel you create six new
mixtures called Tertiary colors. Think of the six
Tertiary Colors as the Grandchildren in the family
of colors, their DNA combines a Primary and
Secondary color.
Yellow + Orange = YELLOW-ORANGE
Red + Orange = RED-ORANGE
Red + Violet = RED-VIOLET
Blue + Violet = BLUE-VIOLET
Blue + Green = BLUE-GREEN
Yellow + Green = YELLOW-GREEN
6. SECONDARYCOLOURSOFTHECOLOURWHEEL
When you combine any two of the
Pure Primary Colours, you get
three new mixtures called
Secondary Colors.
Think of the three Secondaries as
the Children in the family of color
Yellow + Red = ORANGE
Red + Blue = VIOLET or PURPLE
