COLOR THEORY BASICS:

THE COLOR WHEEL

PREPARED BY:
MA. SALVACION ESPENIDA-ABELLA
What is the Color
Wheel?

A color wheel is an
illustrative tool
used to help us
define colors and
their relationships
to one another, the
first one was
invented in 1666
by Sir Issac
Newton.
PRIMARY COLORS:
Red, Yellow, and Blue
These three primary colors are the
foundation of the color wheel. All other
colors in the color wheel are derived
from these three hues. When painting it
is important to have a true red, blue, and
yellow to help you mix a variety of other
colors.
SECONDARY COLORS:
Violet, Orange, and Green

Secondary colors are created by mixing

equal parts of two primary colors
together.

Red + Blue = Violet

Red + Yellow = Orange
Blue + Yellow = Green
TERTIARY COLORS:
Blue-Violet, Red-Violet, Red-Orange, Yellow-
Orange, Yellow-Green, and Blue-Green

In total, there are six tertiary colors. Tertiary colors are

created by mixing equal parts of a primary and secondary
color together.

Blue (primary) + Violet (secondary) = Blue-Violet

Red (primary) + Violet (secondary) = Red-Violet
Red (primary) + Orange (secondary) = Red-Orange
Yellow (primary) + Orange (secondary) = Yellow-
Orange
Yellow (primary) + Green (secondary) = Yellow-
Green
Blue (primary) + Green (secondary) = Blue-Green
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