What are the three primary colours?
Red, green and yellow
Yellow, red and blue
Purple, red and blue
If you mix two primary colours together what do you get?
A tint
A harmonious colour
A secondary colour
How do you make brown?
Add black to a colour
Mix a primary and a secondary colour together
Mix two complementary colours together
How will complementary colours appear when they are used next to each other?
They become brighter and more vibrant
They become duller
They become warmer
What effect do warm colours have in a composition?
They seem to retreat into the distance
They seem to advance towards you as if coming out of the work
They create a sense of calm
What are complementary colours?
Colours which lie next to each other on the colour wheel.
Colours which can be found opposite each other on the colour wheel.
Two colours which, when mixed with each other, create a secondary colour.
How do you create a tint?
Add grey to a colour
Add white to a colour
How do you create a shade?
Add a colour to white
How do you create a tone?
What are harmonious colours?
Two colours which, when mixed with each other, create brown.