Color Theory

Color Wheel

• A circle with different colored sectors used to show the relationship between colors.

Color Schemes

• An arrangement or combination of colors.

Primary Colors

• The three colors that cannot be made by mixing other colors together. They are red, blue, and yellow.

Secondary Colors

• Secondary colors are made by mixing two primary colors together.

Tertiary Colors

• Tertiary colors include all primary colors and/or a combination of secondary colors. Browns and grays are tertiary colors.

Hue

• These are the purest and brightest colors. They form the full spectrum of colors which go around the Primary Color Wheel.

• These color schemes are bold, cheerful and exciting.