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Warm and Cool colours

Warm Colours

Warm colours come from orange, red, yellow and a lot more combinations of these colours. These colours make us think of warmth, sunlight and heat like fire. These colours make us feel happy and vibrant.

Cool colours 

Cool colours come from green and blue. These type of colours tend to calm us. They also remind us of the cold, water and ice. These colours make us feel calm and relaxed.

REFERENCES

In-text: (The Spruce, 2017)Your Bibliography: The Spruce. (2017). Learn How to Use Warm and Cool Colors. [online] Available at: https://www.thespruce.com/understanding-warm-and-cool-colors-1976480

In-text: (DreamHomeDecorating.com, 2017) Your Bibliography: DreamHomeDecorating.com. (2017). Warm And Cool Colors. [online] Available at: http://www.dreamhomedecorating.com/warm-and-cool-colors.html

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Colour Harmony

The basic techniques for combining colours.

These are Complementary, Analogous, Triad, Split-Complementary, Triadic and Tetradic colours.

COMPLEMENTARY - These colours are opposite each other on the colour wheel. Example : Red and Green. 

ANALOGOUS-  These are based on three or more colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel. 

TRIAD -  These are three colours that are spaced equally from each other, and together they create a triangle on the colour wheel.

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY - These are colours that are paired from one colour with two colours on either side of the original colour’s direct complement creating a scheme containing three colours. 

TETRADIC - These are a combination of four hues that are equally spaced from each other, forming a square on the colour wheel.

REFERANCES 

In-text: (Tigercolor.com, 2017) Tigercolor.com. (2017). Color Harmonies: complementary, analogous, triadic color schemes. [online] Available at: http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-harmonies.htm

In-text: (ThoughtCo, 2017)Your Bibliography: ThoughtCo. (2017). Why Are Complementary Colors Important in Paintings?. [online] Available at: https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-complementary-colors-2577513

In-text: (FeltMagnet, 2017)Your Bibliography: FeltMagnet. (2017). Color Harmony: Color Schemes Explained. [online] Available at: https://feltmagnet.com/misc/Harmonious-Painting-Color-Schemes

In-text: (Smith, 2017)Your Bibliography: Smith, K. (2017). Color Relationships: Creating Color Harmony - Sensational Color. [online] Sensational Color. Available at: http://www.sensationalcolor.com/understanding-color/theory/color-relationships-creating-color-harmony-1849#.WfcCthNSxHQ

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Hues, Tints, Tones and Shade

A HUE refers to the origin of the colour we see. Hues are one of the six primary and secondary colours. It’s like the base colour of every colour we see. 

A TINT is a lighter colour than the original colour. Basically when you add white to a pure hue it becomes a tint. 

A SHADE is a darker colour than the original colour. This is the same as a tint but instead of adding white you add black. Therefore the colour becomes darker which makes the colour a shade.

A TONE is when you add both black and white to an original hue. Tones can be darker or even lighter than the original hue, and it can look less intense than the original hue. 

REFERENCES 

In-text: (Workwithcolor.com, 2017) Workwithcolor.com. (2017). Color Properties: Hue, Tint, Shade, Saturation, Brightness, Chroma. [online] Available at: http://www.workwithcolor.com/color-properties-definitions-0101.htm 

In-text: (Heaston, 2017)Heaston, P. (2017). Hues, Tints, Tones and Shades: What's the Difference?. [online] The Craftsy Blog. Available at: https://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/05/hues-tints-tones-and-shades/ 

In-text: (Color Wheel Artist, 2017)Your Bibliography: Color Wheel Artist. (2017). Hue, Tone, Tint and Shade Explained. [online] Available at: https://color-wheel-artist.com/hue/

In-text: (Firefly's space, 2017)Your Bibliography: Firefly's space. (2017). What’s the Difference between a Hue, Tint, Shade and Tone ?. [online] Available at: https://avaminzhang.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/whats-the-difference-between-a-hue-tint-shade-and-tone/ 

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Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colours

Primary Colours - They are BLUE, RED and YELLOW and they are pure hues.

These are the most important colours, without them, other tints and shades of these colours would not exist. All other colours in the colour wheel come from a combination of these three.

Secondary Colours -  These are another three colours which are GREEN, ORANGE and PURPLE.

These colours are created by mixing any two primary colours.

Tertiary Colours - Tertiary colours are made by mixing a primary and a secondary colour together. 

REFERENCES

Sites.google.com. (2017). Color Theory - Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Colors - Color Theory. [online] Available at: https://sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/color-wheel/primary-secondary-and-tertiary-colors 

(Tigercolor.com, 2017)Tigercolor.com. (2017). Basic color schemes: Color Theory Introduction. [online] Available at: http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.htm 

 (En.wikipedia.org, 2017)Your Bibliography: En.wikipedia.org. (2017). Tertiary color. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertiary_color 

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Colour Symbolism

White - Innocence, purity, spirit and cleanliness. 

Black - Darkness, power, sophistication, wealth and grief.

Grey - Intelligence, modesty, maturity and old age.

Orange - Energy, balance and warmth.

Purple - Mystery, wisdom, royalty and spirituality.

Blue - Peace, trust, immortality, loyalty, truth and cold.

Green - Nature, health, luck, youth, misfortune, envy and spring.

Yellow - Joy, happiness, imagination, summer and gold.

Red - Power, passion, love, heat, blood, violence, danger and energy.

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Colour Psychology

Colour psychology is the way certain colours make us feel. Colours can set a mood, give a certain feeling, attract attention and make a statement. Colour can make everything look more interesting, without it the world would be dull and boring. Colour can make a person think or feel different. Colour is a very strong and powerful tool. 

As you can see in this photo, you don’t need to know nothing about colours. Just by looking at it and seeing the photos colours such as the dull, grey sky you can feel that this photo is a bit sad.

On the other hand this photo brings happyness. The colours and the brightness of the whole photo brings joy and happyness.

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What is Colour?

Colour, Colour is many things. It can effect us in the way we feel or think. Colour comes in a lot of different shapes, it can be something simple such as the colour of our shirt or the colour of the sky outside. Colour is all around us. Colour paints the world. But to see colour you have to have light.

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RASTER VS VECTOR

A basic way to explain the difference between a raster and vector images is this.

A raster image is made up of pixels that are all in difference colours from each other, specifically arranged to display an image.

On the other hand a vector image is made up of paths, each one of these have a mathematical formula that tells the path how it’s shaped and what colour it is bordered with or filled by.

The biggest difference between these two types is that raster image pixels don’t keep their exact appearance when you increase the size, it become pixelated. (blurry)

Vector images keep their appearance when you increase the size of the image