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Warm and cool colors will contrast well with each other. Colors can be categorised as warm or cool. Also find Cartie on Instagram.Ĭolor temperature refers to the level of warmth contained within a color. The watercolor painting below, ‘Stripes and Ceramics’ by Britanny Cartie is an excellent example of monochromatic painting as it uses only green. Monochromatic – Containing or using only one color. Triadic Colors – Three colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel. Split Complementary – A color and the two colours either side of the complementary color. He mainly uses dark green, light green and yellow.
Because he uses complementary colors the colors contrast and are vibrant.Īnalogous Colors – Any three colors which are side by side on a 12-section color wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange.īelow, Claude Monet uses analogous colors in his tranquil painting ‘Water Lilies’, 1904. Van Gogh used blues and oranges in his painting ‘Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles’, 1888, below. Complementary colors will contrast greatly. Tertiary Color – The resulting color formed when an equal amount of a primary and a secondary color are mixed.Ĭomplementary Colors – Colors that sit opposite each other on the color wheel. Secondary Color – A color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors. All colors can be created by mixing primary colours. Below are described some of the most common definitions used to describe these colour relationships. Artists use these color relationships to achieve different effects such as dramatic contrast or colors that are visually appealing together. Why do we learn about Color Theory? Color Theory is a collection of guidelines on the use of color for artists and it can really help any creative person make intelligent decisions when thinking about what colors to use in an artwork.Ī 12-section color wheel can be used to help describe the relationship between different colors when they are viewed together. For a UK version click here: UK Colour Theory)
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