Notes taken from Blackboard: ‘Week 4 – lesson content’
- Analogous– Colours next to each other on the wheel. Similar in hues & sequential.
- Complementary– Made up of two colours opposing each other on the colour wheel. For example, orange & blue, red & green and purple & yellow.
- Triadic– Hues that are picked between 120 degrees from one another. This looks somewhat triangular, hence the name. (E.G. yellow, red, blue).
Further research via online sources
According to this website, hues are defined by the original pigments on the colour wheel. A tint is a hue in which has the addition of white which gives the hue a washed, pastel effect. On the other hand, a shade is similar to a tint, but black is added instead, this is good for adding darker colour to an element to create depth and variation. Ultimately, a tone consists of a hue in which grey has been added. This gives the colour a more muddy, almost earthy kind of appearance to it.
Noted from above:
- Primary colours consist of the colours: Red, yellow and blue
- Secondary colours consist of the colours: Green, orange and purple
- Tertiary colours are a mix of primary/secondary colours
Examples of what I have learned, put into practice:
Here, I have taken what I have learned from both my class lessons and from online sourcing and put it into practice. I decided that it would be interesting to see the outcome of the colour wheel mechanics using Photoshop and as shown above, you can see my experimentation with four of these diagrams. Doing this has made me feel a lot more familiar with these types of hue arrangements thus in the future, I may be able to remember these patterns with more ease. In addition, I thought it would be interesting to see how tints, shades and tones look when drawn out as it makes it easier to understand from a visual point of view. I found this activity to be of huge benefit and it has further helped me think more about how I can use colour theory to improve my artwork. For example, I will now try to think more about the different orders and mechanics of the colour wheel in order to try and make my work look appealing. This can also go in hand with the usage of tints, tones and shades as I can use these three variations to convey distance, form and the direction of lighting. Ultimately, this topic has given me a lot to think about, and I will definitely think about colour just as important as my linework from now on.