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Understanding the Color Wheel

Primary colors cannot be created by mixing other colors, secondary colors are created by mixing two primary colors, and tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary and secondary color. A color wheel arranges colors according to their relationships, with primary colors equally spaced and secondary/tertiary colors bridging the primaries. The color wheel can also divide colors into active and passive ranges - active colors appear to advance against passive colors which appear to recede. Warm, saturated, light colors like red, orange, and yellow are generally active while cool, desaturated, dark colors like green, blue, and violet are generally passive.

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Understanding the Color Wheel

Primary colors cannot be created by mixing other colors, secondary colors are created by mixing two primary colors, and tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary and secondary color. A color wheel arranges colors according to their relationships, with primary colors equally spaced and secondary/tertiary colors bridging the primaries. The color wheel can also divide colors into active and passive ranges - active colors appear to advance against passive colors which appear to recede. Warm, saturated, light colors like red, orange, and yellow are generally active while cool, desaturated, dark colors like green, blue, and violet are generally passive.

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DESCRIPTION

Primary Colors: Colors at their basic essence;


those colors that cannot be created by mixing
others. Secondary Colors: Those colors
achieved by a mixture of two primaries. Tertiary
Colors: Those colors achieved by a mixture of
primary and secondary hues.

DESCRIPTION

A color wheel (also referred to as a color circle)


is a visual representation of colors arranged
according to their chromatic relationship. Begin a
color wheel by positioning primary hues
equidistant from one another, then create a
bridge between primaries using secondary and
tertiary colors.

DESCRIPTION
The color wheel can be divided into ranges
that are visually active or passive. Active colors

will appear to advance when placed against


passive hues. Passive colors appear to recede
when positioned against active hues.
Advancing hues are most often thought to
have less visual weight than the receding
hues.Most often warm, saturated, light value
hues are "active" and visually advance. Cool,
low saturated, dark value hues are "passive"
and visually recede. Some colors remain

lake. This painting by Claude Monet uses


cool colors to suggest a quiet pond.

COOL COLOUR

DESCRIPTION
Cool colours are made mostly of green,
blue and violet (purple). This family of
colors is called cool because they remind
you of cool thinks like a cool forest or a cool
visually neutral or indifferent.

WARM COLOUR

DESCRIPTION
Warm colors are make mostly of red
orange and yellow. This family of colors is
called warm because they remind you of
warm thinks like fire or sun. Warm colors
can ever make you feel warmer because
they can slightly increase your circulation
and body temperature.

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