COLOR THEORY NOTES

Color Theory Notes

Color

• Primary, Secondary, Tertiary.
• Colors: Used to catch the eye, and to manipulate you.
• ROYGBIV: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet =Rainbow

Primary Colors

• Primary Colors= (Red, yellow, and blue.) Pigment generated colors are derived from, these primary colors. Or (Red, blue and green) Light generated colors are derived from these primary colors.
• Secondary= Mixing primary colors creates other colors. For example: Blue + Yellow=Green Blue + Red= Violet
• Dark color recedes and light color advances 

Color Mixing

• Rgb Red, green, blue. Light generated model.
• Rby Red, blue, yellow. Pigment generated model.
• CMYK Cyan, magenta, yellow, black. Print process model.

Color Modes

• Monochrome Tints, shades and tones of a single tone.
• Grey Scale, black and white only.
• Web Safe RGB, hexadecimal compatible.

Tints, Shades, Tones

• Tints= add white to a pure hue.
• Shades= Add black to a pure hue.
• Tones= Add grey to a pure hue.

Color Harmony

• Complementary Colors: Colors across from each other on the color wheel.