Colour Theory

There are three useful colour categories, these are the colour wheel, colour harmony, and the context of how colours are used.

http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/
color-theory-intro.htm#Color_Wheel

Colour Wheel 

http://www.colormatters.com/colo
r-and-design/basic-color-theory

http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color
-theory/color-theory-intro.htm#Color_Wheel

The colour wheel is based on three colours, blue, yellow and red. This is known as the primary colours. They are the three colours that are pure pigment meaning they cannot be made by any other colours. They make all other colours. The secondary colours is made up off green, yellow, orange, blue, purple and red. Using red, yellow and blue you can make orange, purple and green. Tertiary colour wheel is made up of colours that are blended together. Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green, yellow-green. These are mixed up of secondary and primary colours to form these tertiary colours.


There is also warm and cool colours, warm being the brighter more energetic colours, these are the reds, yellows, oranges, and the cool colours are the blues, greens and purples.

Colour Harmonies

Colour harmony is natures way of saying 2 or more colours go well together. That are pleasing on the eyes. 

Analogous Colours

Analogous colours are any three colours side by side on a 12 part colour wheel. 

Complementary Colours

Complementary colours are colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel. 

Achromatic Colours 

Neutrals, blacks and greys are all classed as achromatic colours.

Chromatic Colours

Chromatic colours are the actual colours you see.

Monochromatic Colours 

Monochromatic colours are one shade of one colour.

Colour Context

How colours behave in relation to other shapes. 

http://www.sensationalcolor.com/understanding-color/theory/color-relationships-creating-color-harmony-1849#.VHDVu_msWSo

http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/basic-color-theory