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Color Theory

The document discusses color properties and the color wheel. It defines primary colors, secondary colors, intermediate colors, complementary colors, cool colors and warm colors. Primary colors are red, yellow and blue which can't be mixed from other colors. Secondary colors are created by mixing two primary colors, and intermediate colors mix a primary with the adjacent secondary. Complementary colors are opposite each other on the wheel, and cool colors like blue and green appear farther while warm colors like red and orange appear closer.

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Color Theory

The document discusses color properties and the color wheel. It defines primary colors, secondary colors, intermediate colors, complementary colors, cool colors and warm colors. Primary colors are red, yellow and blue which can't be mixed from other colors. Secondary colors are created by mixing two primary colors, and intermediate colors mix a primary with the adjacent secondary. Complementary colors are opposite each other on the wheel, and cool colors like blue and green appear farther while warm colors like red and orange appear closer.

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The visible range of reflected light. Color has three properties:


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Primary Complementary
The basic colors from which all other colors are Constrasting colors; colors that are opposite on
mixed: traditionally, red, yellow, and blue; no other the color wheel, such as yellow & violet, blue &
colors can be mixed to make primary colors. orange and red & green.

Secondary Cool
A color that is created by mixing two primary colors A group of colors on the color wheel associated
together in equal parts: green, violet, and orange. with coolness, such as blues, greens and violets.
In an artwork, cool colors appear to be farther

Intermediate away from the viewer.

A color created by mixing a primary color with the


secondary color next to it; also called a tertiary Warm
color. Intermediate colors include red-orange, A group of colors on the color wheel associated
yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, with warmth, such as reds, yellows and oranges.
and red-violet. In an artwork, warm colors appear to advance
toward the viewer.

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