Colour Theory

The basics of colour:

• Red, blue and yellow are the the three primary colours.
• The three secondary colours are orange, green and purple that come from mixing the three primary colours.
• The opposites in a colour wheel are known as complimentary colours and the tend to be more vibrant and stand out more.
• Analogue colours are colours that are next to each other in the wheel for example; blue, blue-green, green.
• Red, yellow and orange are examples of warm colours.
• Blue, green, and purple are examples of cold colours.
• Red and green can be both warm and cold colours.
• Hue is another word for colour.
• Saturation is how intense the colour is.
• Value is how light or dark the colour is.
• Monochromatic is the same as hue but uses tints and shades to get different colours.
• Equilateral triangle, yellow, blue and red are triads of colour.
• Isosceles triangle is for split compliments.
• Square is for complimentary colours combined with tertiary colours.



Colour palet for a game: