COLOR

PRIMARY

Red, Yellow, Blue Cannot be made

by mixing othercolors

SECONDARY

Green, orange, violet

Made by mixingtwo primary colors

TERTIARY

Made of one primary and onesecondary color

Blue-violetBlue-green

Yellow-orangeyellow-green

Red-violet Red-orange

RED REDORANGE

REDVIOLET

ORANGE

YELLOWORANGE

YELLOW

YELLOWGREEN

GREEN

BLUE GREEN

BLUE

BLUE VIOLET

VIOLET

TINT

Adding white to a pure hue

TONE

Adding grey to a pure hue

SHADE

Adding black to a pure hue

MONOCHROMATIC

One single color

POLYCHROMATIC

Many colors Typically 5 or more

TRIADIC

Creates a triangle Examples

Red, yellow, blue Green, orange,

violet

ANALOGOUS

Next to each otheron the color wheel

Example Blue and violet Red and orange

Reminds you offall colors, femininecolors, cool colors

COMPLEMENTARY

Opposite each otheron the color wheel

Examples Blue, orange Green, red Yellow, purple

SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY

Across each other, but then each onenext to

Examples Red, yellow-green

blue green Blue, red-orange

yellow-orange