Colour+Info

=Colour Information=



Information


 * Primary:** Red, blue, and yellow. These three colours can not be made out of any other colour.
 * Secondary:** Purple, orange and green. When two primary colours are combined, these colours are formed.
 * Tertiary:** Red-purple, blue-purple, yellow-orange, red-orange, yellow-green, blue-green. These colours are formed when there is more of one primary coloured added. To name them, the primary colour that is more dominant is first and then the secondary colour it is comes second.

Terms:


 * Hue:** This word refers to what colour you are talking about. When we talk to about, yellow, green or red, we are talking about the hue of the colour.
 * Shade:** When you add black to a colour, you get a shade.
 * Tint:** Involves how much white is added to a colour.
 * Saturation:** This involves the purity of the colour. The strong of the saturation, the less amount of white that is mixed with it.


 * Complimetary Colours**

Complimentary colours, when combined, often make a neutral colour. An easy way to see which colours go together, is to look at the colour wheel and see what colour is opposite it. Blue is opposite orange, so orange and blue go together. The picture below has the complimentary colours and the neutral colour it will make when combined.




 * Colours and Distance**

Primary and secondary colours can be sorted into two different groupsl warm and cool colours. Red, Yellow and orange are the warm. Green, purple and blue are the cool colours. Cool colours tend to fall back into the distance, while warm colours come forward. You can see this when you are looking at a mountain range. The farther the mountain is, the cooler it becomes in regards of its colour, regardless if it is capped with snow.