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THE COLOUR
PIGMENT COLOURS
Colours that we use to paint.
Colour tools:
• watercolours,
• crayons,
• pencils,
• markers,
• pastels, etc.
PRIMARY COLOURS
Primary colours are more important than others because we can
obtain all other colours by mixing them together.
• YELLOW
• CYAN BLUE
• MAGENTA
SECONDARY COLOURS
When we mix two primary colours
we obtain a secondary colour
• GREEN
• VIOLET
• ORANGE
TERTIARY COLOURS
When we mix one primary colour
with another secondary colour
we obtain a tertiary colour
• YELLOWISH GREEN
• TURQUOISE
• INDIGO
• PURPLE
• RED
• YELLOWISH ORANGE
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QUALITIES OF COLOUR
The colors are defined by three essential qualities:
• Tone
• Value
• Saturation
TONE
The tone is the specific name that is given to each colour.
So it is the quality by which we identify the colour.
VALUE
The value of a colour represents the degree of brightness
and darkness.
We can do different gradations or family values, mixing
with white or black colour.
Brightness
Darkness
Hight value Low value
SATURATION
Saturation is the degree of purity or intensity of a colour
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(made with mix)
COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS
Two colours are complementary when they are on opposite
sides of the colour wheel.
You must know the matches of most important
complementary colours
yellow violet
Cyan-blue orange
magenta green
FAMILY COLOURS
• Cool colours
• Warm colours
• Acromatic colours
COOL COLOURS
A family of cool colours is a set of colours that are close in
the colour wheel and near to blue.
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WARM COLOURS
A family of warm colors is a set of colors that are close in
the colour wheel and sourrounding yellow and magenta
colours.
ACROMATIC COLOURS
In an acromatic family we use only white and black colours,
mixed in different proportions.
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HARMONY
Colours called harmonic are placed next to each other on
the colour wheel.
CONTRAST
Colours called contrasted are placed far to each other on
the colour wheel.
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