Colour Wheel
The Colour Wheel
The colour wheel is a circle split into a different sections presenting colours and the colour made when you mix them together. This is to help represent the colours which compliment each other and their warmth. The colour wheel has different variations or categories for example primary, secondary and tertiary. The first circular diagram of colours was developed in 1666 by Sir Isaac Newton. Since then, scientists and artists have studied and designed numerous variations of this concept.
The primary colours are red, blue and yellow and they are the primary colours because no colours mixed together can make these colours. The secondary colours are green, purple and orange and these are made by mixing two of the primary colours together. The tertiary colours are yellow - orange, red - orange, red - purple, blue - purple, blue - green and yellow - green. These colours are made by mixing the primary colour with the secondary colour, hence the two word names. The colours are placed opposite to the ones which compliment them, this means that they go well together and do not clash. For example, red and green compliment each other however red and red - purple clash. The colour wheel can also be used to categorise colours into warm and cold colours, so from yellow to red - purple the colours are considered warm and from purple to yellow - green the colours are considered cold.
The Colour Rules
red + yellow = orange
red + blue = purple
blue + yellow = green
red + orange = red - orange
red + purple = red - purple
yellow + green = yellow - green
yellow + orange = yellow - orange
blue + purple = blue - purple
blue + green = blue - green
The primary colours are red, blue and yellow and they are the primary colours because no colours mixed together can make these colours. The secondary colours are green, purple and orange and these are made by mixing two of the primary colours together. The tertiary colours are yellow - orange, red - orange, red - purple, blue - purple, blue - green and yellow - green. These colours are made by mixing the primary colour with the secondary colour, hence the two word names. The colours are placed opposite to the ones which compliment them, this means that they go well together and do not clash. For example, red and green compliment each other however red and red - purple clash. The colour wheel can also be used to categorise colours into warm and cold colours, so from yellow to red - purple the colours are considered warm and from purple to yellow - green the colours are considered cold.
The Colour Rules
red + yellow = orange
red + blue = purple
blue + yellow = green
red + orange = red - orange
red + purple = red - purple
yellow + green = yellow - green
yellow + orange = yellow - orange
blue + purple = blue - purple
blue + green = blue - green