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Color Theory

The document provides an overview of color theory, detailing primary, secondary, and intermediate colors, as well as their qualities such as hue, value, and intensity. It also discusses various color schemes including monochromatic, adjacent, complementary, split complementary, and triadic harmonies. These concepts illustrate how colors interact and can be combined for aesthetic purposes.

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Color Theory

The document provides an overview of color theory, detailing primary, secondary, and intermediate colors, as well as their qualities such as hue, value, and intensity. It also discusses various color schemes including monochromatic, adjacent, complementary, split complementary, and triadic harmonies. These concepts illustrate how colors interact and can be combined for aesthetic purposes.

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COLOR

THEORY
PRIMARY COLORS
the sources of all colors, even though there are
thousands and thousands of colors in the world,
they are all made up of these colors – red, blue
and yellow.
SECONDARY COLORS
are produced when mixing two equal amount of
primary colors. If you mix equal amount or yellow
and blue you will have green, equal parts of red
and blue will have violet, and red and yellow you
will have orange.
INTERMEDIATE COLORS
are produced by mixing two equal amount of
primary and secondary colors.
The intermediate colors are;
Yellow + green = yellow-green Red + orange = red-orange
Red + violet = red-violet Blue + violet = blue-violet
Blue + green = blue-green Blue + orange = blue-orange
QUALITIES
OF COLORS
HUE
is the family group name of a color. It is the
name of a color. Ones they are combined
differently and given new names.
VALUE
refers to the lightness or the tint or the
darkness of the shade. The scale of the value
colors are from the very lightest tint to the very
darkest of the shade.
INTENSITY
means the brightness or dullness of a color.
When you refer to a color as ―bright‖
or ―very bright‖ or ―dull‖ or ―very dull‖ you
are describing its intensity. Example, green
peppers are bright yellow-green, while olives
are dull yellow green.
COLOR
SCHEMES
ONE-COLOR HARMONY (MONOCHROMATIC COLOR)

the easiest color scheme to follow is


one that uses the same color in different values
and intensity. Example, dark blue
suit with very dark blue accessories and a light
blue blouse.
ADJACENT COLOR HARMONY
Since they are near each other on the color
wheel, neighbor color harmony. Example,
yellow-orange, orange, and yellow green are
next to each other on the color wheel;
therefore, a pleasing adjacent color harmony
may be made from them.
COMPLEMENTARY COLOR HARMONY
these are colors that are opposite in the color
wheel. Using these colors may be very
pleasing.
A. COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

directly opposite in the color wheel.


Example, red and green, blue and orange,
yellow and violet.
B. SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

a variation of the complementary color


scheme. In addition to the base color, it
uses the two colors adjacent to its
complement.
C. TRIAD

uses colors that are evenly spaced


around the color wheel. Triadic color
harmonies tend to be quite vibrant, even if
you use pale or unsaturated version.
THANK YOU!

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