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Properties of color Cool colors are blue, green and purple, blue green,
Primary colors are naturally occurring. You cannot mix yellow green, blue violet. Cool colors suggest things
other colors to make RED, YELLOW or BLUE. that are cool, mysterious, even sad. They can also be
very calming. Rain, the ocean, ice and the forest are
Secondary colors are created by mixing 2 primary cool feeling.
colors: Red + yellow = orange Yellow + blue = green Blue
+ red = violet (also called purple) Complementary color scheme uses one color and its
complement, plus tints and shades of those 2 colors.
Intermediate colors are created by mixing a primary and The compliment of yellow is purple. You can mix black
a secondary color: Red + orange = red orange Orange or white with both colors.
+ yellow = yellow orange Yellow + green = yellow green
Green + blue = blue green Blue + violet = blue violet Split compliment uses a primary or secondary color, and
Violet + red = red violet the intermediate color on each side of it’s compliment.
For example, a split complement of red would also use
Shades are created by adding black to a primary, yellow-green and blue-green, the intermediate colors on
secondary or intermediate color. Shades can add each side of green.
mystery, sadness or coolness to a painting.
Monochromatic color scheme is one color only, plus
Tints are created by adding white to a color. Tints are tints and shades of that color. For example red would
light and bright and suggest warmth and brightness and use different pinks and dark reds created by mixing the
happiness. red with either white or black.
Intensity can be lowered by adding a color’s complement. Analogous colors are next to each other on the wheel
To make red less bright or darker, add it’s opposite on and share a common primary color. For example: violet,
the color wheel, which is green. red-violet, red, red-orange, and orange all have the
Color schemes Primary color red in common, so they are analogous.
Warm colors are red, yellow, orange, red-orange, Blue-violet, blue, blue-green, and green all have the
yellow-orange. Warm colors feel safe and comfortable, Primary color blue in common, so they are analogous.
and happy. The sun, pumpkins, a fireplace are warm, Color triad is 3 colors spaced equally on the color wheel.
comfortable things Red-yellow-blue create a triad, as do Purple-green-
orange. You can also use tints and shades of your triad
colors.

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