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The colour wheel
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Primary Colours
• A primary colour is a colour which cannot be made by mixing other colours
• What are the three primary colours?
• The primary colours are red, yellow and blue
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Secondary colours
• Secondary colours are made by mixing two primary colours
• What are the secondary colours?
• The secondary colours are orange, purple and green
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The colour wheel
• The colour wheel is made from all of the primary and secondary colours
• Where do we see this range of colours in nature?
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Complementary colours
• Complementary colours are opposites on the colour wheel.
• For example: red and green are opposites on the colour wheel
• What other pairs of colours are complementary colours?
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Complementary colours
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Tertiary Colours
• A tertiary colour is made by mixing three primary colours or one primary colour and one secondary colour
• For example – Red and Green makes?– Yellow and Purple makes?– Blue and Orange makes?
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Tones and tints
• The pure colours that we have seen are called hues
• If we lighten hues we call the colours tints
• If we darken the hues we call the colours tones
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Colour wheel glossary
• Primary colours• Secondary colours• Complementary
colours• Hues• Tints
• Tones
• Red, yellow, blue• Orange, purple,
green• Opposites on the
colour wheel• Pure colours• Pure colours that
are lightened• Pure colours that
are darkened