COLOR

THEORY
Primary Colors
– the sources of all colors,
even though there are
thousands and thousands of
colors in the world
Secondary Colors

– are produced when

mixing two equal amount
of primary colors
Intermediate
Colors
– are produced by
mixing two equal
amount of primary
and secondary colors.
 Pure Colors
– are the primary, secondary and
intermediate colors because they
have no white, black and gray in
them
Tints
– when pure colors are mixed
with white, they are made
lighter. Example, when white
is added to red you have pink.
Shades
– when pure colors
are mixed with
black, they are
made darker.
Grayed colors
– most colors we used in clothes are
grayed colors rather than bright,
pure colors you see on the color
wheel.
Neutrals
– are white, black and gray. They look well with
another and with all other colors.
Cool colors – are green, blue-
green, blue, blue-violet, violet. Blue is the
coolest color. They are adjacent to one
another in the color wheel.

Warm colors – are red, red-

orange, orange, yellow-orange, and
orange. Red is the warmest color. They
are also adjacent in the color wheel.