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Primary Colours - red, yellow, blue cannot mix to get these colours
Secondary Colours - orange, green, purple
primary + primary = secondary red + yellow = orangeyellow + blue = green
blue + red = purple
Tertiary Colours - red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-purple, red-purple
primary + secondary = intermediate
Colour Theory
Colour Values - the lights and darks of a colour
•tint – lightened colour; white + colour
•shade – darkened colour; colour + black
•monochromatic – "mono" means "one", "chroma" means colour; one colour and its valuesexample - yellow
•complementary – colours opposite on the colour wheel (and their values)example – blue and orange
•warm colours – colours of sun and fire, on the right side of the colour wheel (and their values)example – reds and yellows (and their values)
•cool colours – colours of snow and ice, on the left side of the colour wheel (and their values)example – blues, greens, purples (and their values)
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