Choosing a color scheme for you painting project is made much easier with the use of a color wheel
The Primary colors are blue, red, and yellow and cannot be made by mixing other colors together.

Secondary
colors are orange, purple and green and are made by mixing two primary colors from either side of the color wheel. Such as yellow + red = orange.

Intermediary colors are made by mixing a primary and a secondary color together. Like purple and blue, green and yellow or blue and green.

Tertiary colors are the result of mixing two secondary Colors. For example, mixing orange and purple. ( not shown )

Complementary colors are opposite from each other on the color wheel and they contrast because they do not have any colors in common. Green is made by mixing yellow and blue, so it will complement red.


Color Basics
primary
primary
primary
secondary
secondary
secondary
intermediary

intermediary

intermediary

intermediary

intermediary

intermediary

The Color Wheel is a chart that shows how colors are related.


complementary

complementary

Analogous colors on the color wheel are right next to each other and/or have a color in common. Like blue, blue/green, and blue/purple all contain blue. Red, orange and yellow are analogous because red and yellow make orange.

Cool colors are made mostly of green, blue and purple .

Warm
colors are made mostly of red, orange and yellow.
 
Earth
colors are not seen on most color wheels. Black, grays, whites, browns, beiges and tans are Earth colors and can be made by mixing all three primaries together with some black or white.



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