Colour Basics

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Colour HNC3O Collishaw

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Presentation on basics of colour theory and colour schemes for HNC3O Fashion and Creative Expression (Ontario)

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Colour

HNC3O

Collishaw

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Basic Colour Wheel

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Shading

Hue – actual colour Value – amount of black or white

Shade is adding black Tint is adding white

Intensity – how bright the colours are

Value

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Effects of Colour I

Warm Colours

“Move” towards you

Bright, draw attention

Cool Colours

“Move” away

Calm, deflect attention

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Effects of Colour IILight colours reflect light and heat

Dark colours absorb light and heat

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Effects of Colour III

Colour associations - costumesAdd height or width, draw attention

to/from areas

Colour blocking

Effect – less height

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Colour Schemes I

MonochromaticTints and shades of the same hue Effect

add height, drama

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Colour Schemes IIAnalogous

Complementary

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Colour Schemes IIIAccented Neutral

Split-Complementary

Neutral + 1 colour

Triadic