Colour Theory

  Colour Theory 

colour theory is a body of practical guidance to colour mixing and the visual effects of a specific colour combination. Colours get put into specific categories and groups to help when matching them, primary colours, secondary colours, intermediate colours etc. Based off the colour wheel there are a fewbasic rules to matching colours …

Complementary colours are any two colours opposite each other on the wheel. For example, blue and orange, or red and green. These create a high contrast, so use them when you want something to stand out. Ideally, use one colour as background and the other as accents. 

Split complementary colours use three colours. The scheme takes one colour and matches it with the two colours adjacent to its complementary colour. For example, blue, yellow-orange and red-orange.

This scheme is ideal for beginners because it is difficult to mess up. That’s because you get contrasting colours.

Analogous colours are any three colours next to each other on the wheel. For example, orange, yellow-orange, and yellow.

Triadic colours are any three colours that are equally apart on the colour wheel. For example, red, yellow and blue.