COLOUR PRACTICE: PAINTING AND DECORATING

Outcome 1: Describe basic colour theories

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

What are the primary colours of paint?

RED

YELLOW

BLUE

Primary colours are the three colours that cannot be produced by mixing other colours together. They are:

What are the secondary colours of paint?

RED + YELLOW = ORANGE

RED + BLUE = PURPLE

BLUE + YELLOW = GREEN

A secondary colour is produced by mixing equal amounts of two primary colours together. There are three secondary paint colours; ORANGE – PURPLE - GREEN

BLUE

REDYELLOW

It is possible to get a wide range of intermediate colours by mixing two primaries in different proportions.

But there is only one of these which is the true secondary.

ORANGE PURPLE GREEN

What is the chromatic or colour circle?

The colour circle is a circle with twelve different colouredsegments containing the three primary colours, the three secondary colours

and six intermediate colours.

YELLOW

YELLOW-GREEN

GREEN

BLUE-GREEN

BLUE

BLUE-PURPLE

PURPLE

RED-PURPLE

RED

RED-ORANGE

ORANGE

YELLOW-ORANGE

YO

O

RO

R

RPP

BP

B

BG

G

YGY

W

THE CHROMATIC or COLOUR CIRCLE

Neutrals and greys

Neutral or greys are devoid of colour and are made from a mixture of white and blackWhite Light Grey Mid Grey Dark Grey Black

Tints

Tints are produced by adding a colour to white.

YELLOW WHITE

RED WHITE

BLUE WHITE

Shades

Shades are produced by adding Black to a colour

YELLOW BLACK

RED BLACK

BLUE BLACK

Tones

Tones are produced by adding Grey to a colour, dark grey will produce a dark tone and light grey will produce a light tone.

YELLOW GREY

RED GREY

Outcome 2: Select, mix, match and apply colour.

You will have by now mixed colours in the workshop during

your exercises on the panels and cubicle walls.

Outcome 3: Apply colour theories ands produce monochromatic and complimentary schemes using primary colours.

What is a monochromatic colour scheme?

Monochromatic means “one colour”

So a monochromatic colour scheme is made by using one colour along with tints shades and tones of that colour.

Monochromatic

BS 12 E 53

BS 12 B 15

BS 12 B 17

BS 12 E 51

Monochromatic

BS 00 A 09

BS 04 E 51

BS 04 E 53

BS 04 E 49

YO

O

RO

R

RPP

BP

B

BG

G

YGY

W

What is a complimentary colour scheme?

A Complimentary colour scheme is achieved by using colours that are opposite each other in the colour wheel.

Complimentary

BS 14 E 51

BS 04 E 51

BS 04 E 53

BS 14 C 31

Complimentary

BS 22 D 45

BS 22 B 17

BS 10 E 53

BS 10 E 49

Outcome 4: Apply colour theories and produce analogous and contrasting schemes using secondary colours.

What is an analogous colour scheme?

Analogous means “next to”

So an Analogous colour scheme is made by using colours that are next to each other in the colour wheel.

Analogous

RO + O + YO would be an Analogous colour scheme

YO

O

RO

R

RPP

BP

B

BG

G

YGY

W

Analogous

BS 06 E 50

BS 08 B 15

BS 10 E 50

BS 06 D 43

Analogous

BS 10 E 49

BS 12 B 15

BS 12 E 53

BS 14 C 31

What is a contrasting colour scheme?

A contrasting colour scheme is made by using colours that arequite different to each other but may come from anywhere within

the colour wheel.

Contrasting

R + W + Y would be a contrasting colour scheme

YO

O

RO

R

RPP

BP

B

BG

G

YGY

W

Contrasting

BS 18 E 53

BS 12 B 15

BS 12 E 53

WHITE

Contrasting

BS 18 E 53

BS 10 E 53

BS 16 C 33

BS 18 C 31

Quick Quiz time!!!

Which one of the four colours listed below is not a

primary paint colour:

RED

ORANGE

YELLOW

BLUE

ORANGE

The secondary paint colour produced by mixing red and yellow in equal proportions is:

PURPLE

ORANGE

GREEN

VIOLET

ORANGE

The secondary paint colour produced by mixing red and blue in equal proportions is:

PURPLE

ORANGE

GREEN

NEUTRAL

PURPLE

The secondary paint colour produced by mixing yellow and blue in equal proportions is:

PURPLE

ORANGE

GREEN

VIOLET

GREEN

The complementary colour to yellow is:

PURPLE

RED

GREEN

BLUE

PURPLE

The complementary colour to green is:

PURPLE

RED

ORANGE

BLUE

RED

The complementary colour to blue is:

GREEN

RED

ORANGE

YELLOW

ORANGE

An analogous colour scheme is produced by using colours that are:

a, adjacent in the colour circleb, opposite in the colour circlec, tints of primary coloursd, shades of secondary colours

a, is analogous

RO + O + YO would be an Analogous colour scheme

YO

O

RO

R

RPP

BP

B

BG

G

YGY

W

A complementary colour scheme is produced by using colours that are:

a, adjacent in the colour circleb, opposite in the colour circlec, tints of primary coloursd, shades of secondary colours

YO

O

RO

R

RPP

BP

B

BG

G

YGY

W

b, is a complimentary

A Complimentary colour scheme is achieved by using colours that are opposite each other in the colour wheel.

The term neutral refers to:

a, colours that are opposite in the colour circleb, colours that have white or light grey added to themc, colours that have black or dark grey added to themd, greys which have no colour

d, Neutrals and greys

Neutral or greys are devoid of colour and are made from a mixture of white and blackWhite Light Grey Mid Grey Dark Grey Black

The term tint refers to:

a, colours that are opposite in the colour circleb, colours that have white added to themc, colours that have black added to themd, greys which have no colour

b, Tints

Tints are produced by adding a colour to white.

YELLOW WHITE

RED WHITE

BLUE WHITE

The term shade refers to:

a, colours that are opposite in the colour circleb, colours that have white added to themc, colours that have black added to themd, greys which have no colour

c, Shades

Shades are produced by adding Black to a colour

YELLOW BLACK

RED BLACK

BLUE BLACK

In a room with a monochromatic colour scheme, where the ceiling is white, the main walls are light blue and the feature wall is mid blue the door would be:

a, light yellowb, mid yellowc, mid blued, deep orange

MID BLUE

In a room with a monochromatic colour scheme, where the ceiling is white, the main walls are pale green and the feature wall is a deeper green the door would be:

a, greenb, orangec, purpled, red

GREEN

In a room with a complementary colour scheme where the principal colour is tints of orange the other colours used should be:

a, shades of purpleb, tints of greenc, tints or shades of yellowd, tints or shades of blue

TINTS OR SHADES OF BLUE

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06-08

06

04

0222

20

18

16

14

1210

W

THE CHROMATIC or COLOUR CIRCLE as rated in the BS 4800 colour system