1. The Colour
Wheel

2. Primary Colours

3. Primary Colours

4. Primary Colours
•Cannot be made from any other colours
•All other colours are made from these
•Equal distance from each other on colour wheel

5. Secondary Colours

6. Secondary Colours

7. Secondary Colours
•Made by mixing equal amounts of 2 primary colours
•Found halfway between the primary colours on the wheel

8. Tertiary Colours
Made by mixing equal amounts of adjoining primary and secondary colours.

9. The whole colour wheel

10. Complementary Colours
This colour scheme uses opposite
colours on the colour wheel. These
colours have great contrast.

11. Complementary colours used by Van
Gogh
BLUE + ORANGE

12. Complementary colours used by Monet
RED + GREEN

13. Colour Moods
Marc Rothko is a good
Artist to look at when
Cool colours: researching colour
Moods.
Warm colours:
Mark Rothko. No. 15, Dark Greens on Blue Mark Rothko. Untitled, 1968
with Green Band, 1957. Oil on canvas