COLOR WHEEL REVIEW

Ms. Meier

PRIMARY COLORS

RED BLUE YELLOWYELLOW

COLOR MIXING

PRIMARY COLORS are mixed in specific pairs to create SECONDARY COLORS

VIOLETRED BLUE

+ =

COLOR MIXING

PRIMARY COLORS are mixed in specific pairs to create SECONDARY COLORS

GREENBLUE YELLOWYELLOW

+ =

COLOR MIXING

PRIMARY COLORS are mixed in specific pairs to create SECONDARY COLORS

ORANGERED YELLOWYELLOW

+ =

SECONDARY COLORS

GREEN ORANGE VIOLET

BASIC COLOR WHEEL

TERTIARY COLORSRed-orange

Yellow-green

Red-violet

Blue-green

Blue-violet Yellow-orange

WARM COLORS

COOL COLORS

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME

COMPLEMENTARY COLOR OPTICAL ILLUSION

ANALOGOUS COLORS

ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEME

SPLIT TRIAD

SPLIT TRIAD SCHEME

TINTS AND SHADES

BLUE-GREEN WHITE

TINTS AND SHADES

• Shades are colors that are created using any color from the color wheel and black. Shades are generally much darker than tints.

RED BLACK

MONOCHROMATIC COLORS

• Monochromatic colors are created by mixing a color from the color wheel with varying amounts of white.

ORANGE WHITE

MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME

RED-VIOLET WHITE