Colour Theory

Colour theory. Sounds easy right. It's not. When creating a look you have to make sure that the colours that are used work together otherwise the whole thing will look interesting to say the least...
                         

Look at that beauty!! The range of colours that we have is extraordinary and trying to choose the right ones can be incredibly difficult. Kat taught as about the different groups of the colour wheel. The primary colours are the main 3 that people start off with and then expand from there. Red, Blue and Yellow are the primary colours and are ones that cannot be made by adding one colour to another. The next set is secondary colours. These are the ones that when two of the primary colours are mixed to create a new one. There are then seeing which colours work together and which ones don't. 




Monochromatic:  Monochromatic means different shades of the same colour. This means that there are various amount of shades that can be used. The lighter colours are known as tints.











Analogous: Analogous means three to four colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel. The colours can be either one of the lighter shades or one of the bright ones.













Complimentary: Complimentary colours are the ones that are opposite each other on the colour wheel. Although they shouldn't work, you'd be incredibly surprised. This particular colour scheme is one of the most common ones to be used and it creates such an interesting look.







Warm and Cold: Warm and cold colours can be the basis of what you ones you choose. If your trying to create a look based around the cold, you wouldn't use colours such as reds and oranges as these have a warm tone to them. 






Next lesson I shall be creating my first ever face chart based around one of these colour groups, which should be interesting as I'm not sure how it is going to turn out. So fingers crossed!