COLOUR Colour is all around us.

Colour is a sensation experienced by the brain,

through our eyes.

It can create a dramatic or calming atmosphere

It effects our emotions, behaviour, perception

and how we orientate ourselves in a given space

PRIMARY COLOURS • The 3 primary colours are: • RED • BLUE • YELLOW • All other colours are

created from these.

SECONDARY COLOURS • There are 3 secondary colours

which are created by mixing 2 primary colours

• ORANGE yellow + red • PURPLE red + blue • GREEN blue + yellow

TERTIARY COLOURS

• There are 6 tertiary colours that are created by mixing a secondary with a primary colour

• Red-orange • Red-violet • Blue-violet • Blue-green • Yellow-orange • Yellow-green

HUE • A Hue refers to a pure

colour, without any tint, tone or shade

TINTS (PASTELS)

• Pastels are the pale and delicate tints of a colour created by the addition of white.

• Pale pink • Pale blue • Mauve /lilac • Pale green • Lemon

TONES & SHADES • TONE: a variation or

gradation of a colour with the addition of Grey

• SHADE: a variation or

gradation of a colour with the addition of Black

WARM COLOURS • Warm colors are vivid,

energetic and strong and tend to advance in space.

• Red • Red violet • Oranges • Yellows • Yellow greens These are called advancing

colours

COOL COLOURS • Cool colours give a

calm and soothing impression

• These are known as receding colours

• Blues • Greens • Blue violets • Violet

COLOUR HARMONIES

• The 6 different colour harmonies most commonly used in floral design are:

• Monochromatic • Complementary • Split Complementary • Triadic • Analogous • Tetradic

MONOCHROMATIC

• The colour harmony based on a range of tints, tones and shades of a single colour or Hue

Complementary • A Complementary colour

harmony is achieved by the use of 2 colours directly opposite on the colour wheel eg; red & green or violet & yellow

TRIADIC

• A Triadic colour harmony is achieved with a combination of 3 colours which sit at equal distances apart on the colour wheel. The best example of this are the 3 primary colours

• RED BLUE YELLOW

SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY

• Split complementary harmony is achieved with the use of a main colour and the 2 colours which are adjacent to its complementary colour

ANALOGOUS

• The analogous color harmony uses colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel.

• One color is used as a dominant color while the others are used to enrich the scheme.

• The analogous harmony is similar to the monochromatic but has a stronger and richer appearance

• It is best achieved with the use of colours of all the same visual value.

TETRADIC • A Tetradic colour

harmony is the use of 4 colours in 2 sets of complementary combinations