Color Theory

The device we use to organize colors and their relationships to each other.

• Color wheel

• Color chart

• Color palette

• Color spectrum

The primary colors are __________________, __________________, and __________________.

• red, yellow, blue

• green, orange, purple

• black, white, grey

• pink, brown, cyan

Secondary colors are __________________, __________________, and __________________.

• orange, green, violet

• red, blue, yellow

• pink, brown, black

• cyan, magenta, yellow

These kinds of colors cannot be “made;” rather they make up all other colors.

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• complementary

Colors that are made up of a primary and secondary color are called __________________ colors.

A color scheme based around opposites on the color wheel.

• complementary

• analogous

• monochromatic

• triadic

A color scheme based around one hue.

• monochromatic

• analogous

• complementary

• triadic

8. Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel are __________________.

• analogous

• complementary

• triadic

• monochromatic

Adding white to a color creates a __________________.

• tint

• shade

• tone

• hue

10. Adding black to a color creates a __________________.

• shade

• tint

• tone

• hue