Color Context

 

inside elements are the same hue, value and saturation

 

 

 

Lightness
 

 

 

 

 

Sharpness

 

 

 

 

 

Saturation

 

 

Hue

 

 

Color Wheel

PRIMARY COLORS
Red, yellow and blue

In traditional color theory, these are the 3 pigment colors that can not be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors. All other colors are derived from these 3 hues

SECONDARY COLORS
Green, orange and purple

These are the colors formed by mixing the primary colors.

TERTIARY COLORS
Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green and yellow-green.

These are the colors formed by mixing one primary and one secondary color.

 Color Harmony

Analogous Colors

Analogous colors are any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange. Usually one of the three colors predominates.

Complementary Colors

Complementary colors are any two colors which are directly opposite each other, such as red and green and red-purple and yellow-green. In the illustration above, there are several variations of yellow-green in the leaves and several variations of red-purple in the orchid. These opposing colors create maximum contrast and maximum stability.

Split Complimentary Colors

Hue, Saturation, Value

 

Color Wheel
Tension
Context
Color Psychology