Color Theory

The color wheel is the begining of understand of how to use color. The first element of color is hue. Primary colors of red, yellow and blue are the purest colors. As a kid in art you mix red and yellow to get orange. Orange, green and purple are the secondary colors. Mixing secondary colors with primary yields tertiary color. Mixing colors can create any pure hues in the color spectrum.

Colors hues have emotional temperatures-warm and cool. The next post is the emotional life of colors..