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COLOR
 COLOR
Color is associated specifically with electromagnetic radiation of a
certain range of wavelengths visible to the human eye. Radiation of
such wavelengths constitutes that portion of the electromagnetic
spectrum known as the visible spectrum. An object appears coloured
because of the way it interacts with light. The analysis of this
interaction and the factors that determine it are the concerns of the
physics of colour.
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THE COLOR WHEEL
Colour wheel, a diagram
used in the visual arts to

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2 2 visible spectrum and their
relationships to one another.
1 1 The colour are arranged
systematically into a circle,
with each hue usually falling
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into one of three categories:
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primary, secondary, or
PURPLE intermediate.
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PRIMARY SECONDARY INTERMEDIATE

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 PRIMARY
COLORS
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Its primary colours are red,
1 1 yellow, and blue (hence, it is
also called the RYB colour
model, after the first letter of
each primary colour). The
colours are called primary
because they cannot be
created by combining other
hues.
 SECONDARY
2 2 COLORS
Any two of the three primary
colours can be mixed to
2 produce the secondary colours:
green (made by combining
yellow and blue), orange
(yellow and red), and violet
(blue and red).
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COLORS
Mixing a primary colour with an
3 3 adjacent secondary colour creates
an intermediate colour. In this
model, the intermediate colours
are vermilion (red-orange), amber
3 3 (yellow-orange), chartreuse
(yellow-green), teal (blue-green),
indigo (blue-violet), and magenta
(red-violet).
 THE COLOR WHEEL ALSO SHOWS

COMPLEMENTARY ANALOGOUS
COLORS COLORS
 Complementary colors are pairs of colors which,
COMPLEMENTARY when combined or mixed, lose hue by producing a
grayscale color like white or black. When placed next
COLORS to each other, they create the strongest contrast for
those two colors. Complementary colors may also be
called "opposite colors".
 Analogous colors are groups of colors that are next to each
ANALOGOUS other on the color wheel. Red, orange, and red-orange are
examples. The term analogous refers to having analogy, or
COLORS corresponding to something in particular. This color scheme
strength comes to the fact that it lacks contrast as in
comparison to its counterpart, the complementary schemes.
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1 is primary color,
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2 is secondary 2
color and 3 is
intermediate color 3 3

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and
Shades