Beginners - Basic Colour Theory
" I came across this worksheet whilst tidying my computer today and thought it may be of use to those of you who are new to painting and drawing. It gives a brief outline of basic colour theory. You may wish to read my earlier blog posts on colour theory and my thoughts on colour and it's subjectivity ." Basic Colour Theory Primary colours – Red, Yellow & Blue (These are the three naturally occurring colours that can't be produced from mixing other colours) Secondary colours – Orange, Violet & Green (These are produced by adding two of the primary colours together) Tints & Tones – Tints and Tones are made by adding either White or Black to your colour. i.e. By adding white to red you produce the tint of pink and by adding black you produce the tone of burgundy. With oil and acrylic paint, you achieve this by mixing the paint on your palette. With watercolour paint you use the white of the paper, so you would add mor