THEORIES

ON

COLORS
 Introduction

The first thing you usually notice about clothes is

their color. Before you start studying which colors
look best together, you should learn the meaning of
color terms and the rules that apply to colors.
 The
Color Wheel
A diagram used in the visual
arts to represent the colors of
the visible spectrum and their
relationships to one another.
PRIMARY COLORS
These are the sources of all colors,
even though there are thousands and
thousands of colors in the world,
they are all made up of these colors
- red, blue, and yellow.
PRIMARY COLORS

RED BLUE YELLOW

SECONDARY COLORS

Secondary Colors. These are

produced when mixing two equal
amounts of primary colors.
SECONDARY COLORS

VIOLET GREEN ORANGE

INTERMEDIATE COLORS

These are produced by mixing two

equal amounts of primary and
secondary colors.
INTERMEDIATE COLORS
INTERMEDIATE COLORS

Yellow + Green Blue + Green Blue + Violet

= Yellow-green = Blue-green = Blue-violet

Red + Violet Red + Orange Yellow + Orange

= Red-orange = Yellow-orange
= Red -violet
 TINTS

When pure colors are mixed with

white, they are made lighter. Tints
are also called “pastels”.
 SHADES

When pure colors are mixed with

black, they are made darker.
 NEUTRALS

These are white, black, and gray. They

look well with another and with all
other colors.
Thank You!
-Romeo P. Roquero Jr.