Colour

Colour

1. The colour

   • Forms part of the real world, nature and objects
     • Are simple in variations like yellow, green or red...
       • Newton proved that light is the unit and colour is a part of it.

2. Additive blend or coloured lights

   • Are dispersed by light through the glass prism
     • Three are fundamental or primary (blue-violet, green and red
       • This colours form the RGB
         • Complementary colours
         • Secondary colours

3. Colour perception

   • Depending on its nature and properties
   • Absorbes colours dissapear on the object

4. Subtractive blend or coloured pigments

   • Absorb or take away the light's energy
     • Cyan, magenta, yellow
       • Are the primary colours
         • Secondary colours
           • Complementary colours of pigment

5. Qualities or properties of colour

   • Tone, value and saturation
     • Tone
       • Specific name or attribute given to a colour
         • Red, orange, yellow, freen and blue...
       • Other term used to refer to tone are shade, hue or tint
     • Value
       • Depends on how much light it gives off
         • We use this value to indicate the level of lightness
       • Other terms are used to the value are brightness, luminance or shine
     • Saturation
       • Is the property that indicates colour purity
       • The primary colours are magenta, yellow and cyan

6. Colour wheel

   • Is the most widely recognised arrangement to reflect different colours
     • Primary
     • Secondary
     • Tertiary

7. Colour palettes that are groups of colour that have relationship

8. Creating colour mixtures

   • Colour harmony
   • Colour contrast

9. Colour classification systems

   • Hickethier's system
   • Ostwald system

10. Symbolism of colour

    • Forms part of a code
      • Collective psychology
        • White,black, yellow, red, green, blue and violet

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