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COMBINING COLOURSTO CREATE THE PERFECTPLEASING PATTERNS
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when dealing with colours, you have to know
THECOLOUR
HW EEL
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Three Primary Colours
REDBLUEYELLOW
Three Secondary Colours
ORANGE PURPLE GREEN
WHEN YOU COMBINE THESE PRIMARIES, YOU’LL GET
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Combine the secondary colours to its neighbouring primary colour,
you’ll get a tertiary colour.
YellowOrange
YellowGreen
BlueGreen
BluePurple
RedPurple
RedOrange
THE SIX TERTIARY COLOURS
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AchromaticAchromatic uses black, white and grey.
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Monochromatic
Monochromatic uses a single colour with
various values and intensities. Black and white can be used here
to add various tints and shades.
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Analogous
Analogous uses colours adjacent in the colour wheel. Any 3 neighbouring colours are analogous. The colours vary slightly from each other & are harmonious.
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Complementary
Complementary uses colours located opposite each other on the colour wheel like red & green, yellow & purple, orange & blue.
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Triadic
Triadic uses 3 colours from the colour wheel equally spaced from the other. These used together are considered triadic. Orange, green and violet are triadic colours.
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Colour Theories – Creating Harmony
In making your designs, you always want it to look pleasing. So we have to consider colour harmony. In doing that, we merely have to know three theories. • 2 Colours Opposite of Each other on
the Colour Wheel are harmonious.• Any 3 Colours Equally Spaced Around
the Colour Wheel Forming a Triangle are harmonious
• Any 4 Colours Forming a Rectangle, Each Opposite of Each other on the Colour