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Colour Theory: For NATA & Jee B.arch

This document provides an introduction to colour theory, which studies colours and technical terminology related to mixing and visual impacts of colours. It defines primary, secondary, and tertiary colours using a colour wheel. It also describes warm and cool colours, and terminology like hue, saturation, tint, shade, and tone. Finally, it discusses colour psychology and different colour harmony schemes like complementary, analogous, triadic, square, monochromatic, and split complementary.

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Colour Theory: For NATA & Jee B.arch

This document provides an introduction to colour theory, which studies colours and technical terminology related to mixing and visual impacts of colours. It defines primary, secondary, and tertiary colours using a colour wheel. It also describes warm and cool colours, and terminology like hue, saturation, tint, shade, and tone. Finally, it discusses colour psychology and different colour harmony schemes like complementary, analogous, triadic, square, monochromatic, and split complementary.

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  • Introduction: Introduces the basics of colour theory, focusing on the principles of mixing colours and their combinations.
  • Types of Colours: Discusses the distinctions between primary, secondary, and tertiary colours with illustrative examples.
  • Terminologies related to Colours: Defines fundamental terms in colour theory, including hue, saturation, and intensity.
  • Warm and Cool Colours: Explains the emotional and visual contrasts between warm and cool colours.
  • Tints, Shades, and Tones: Explains how hues are altered by adding white, black, or grey to create tints, shades, and tones.
  • Colour Psychology: Describes the psychological effects of various colours on human emotions and behavior.
  • Colour Harmony: Details various schemes for combining colours harmoniously, including complementary, analogous, and triadic schemes.

2019

Colour Theory
For NATA & Jee B.arch
Colour theory is one of the most important topic of Architecture entrance exams and
other design exam’s syllabus.

By Arch Academy team

The Arch Academy


21/02/2019
www.archacademy19.wixsite.com/archacademy

[email protected]

Introduction
Colour theory is the body of practical guidance to colour mixing and the visual impacts of
specific colour combinations. In this we basically study what are colours and different
technical terminologies and concepts related to colours.

Colour wheel :-- It is a circular diagram in which primary and usually intermediate
colours are arranged sequentially so that related colours are next to each other and
complementary colours are opposite.

A standard colour wheel

Types of Colours
1) Primary Colours
Primary colours are the colours which are raw colours. They cannot
be created by mixing other colours. Infact primary colours are mixed together to form all
other colours. Basically there are 3 primary colours:--

RED BLUE YELLOW

A wheel of primary colours


2) Secondary Colours
The colours formed by mixing two primary colours are called
secondary colours.

+ = ORANGE

+ = PURPLE

+ = GREEN

2) Tertiary Colours
The colours formed by mixing one primary and one secondary colour
are called tertiary colours.
Red - orange

Yellow - orange Red - purple

Blue - purple
Yellow - green

Blue - green
Warm and Cool Colours
1) Warm colours
These colours create a feeling of warmness. They are bright and
striking. Generally, they have high wavelength. Ex. RED, YELLOW, ORANGE etc.

2) Cool colours
These colours create a feeling of coolness and freshness. They
are dull colours. Generally, they have low wavelength. Ex. BLUE, VIOLET, GREEN
etc.

Terminologies related to Colours


1) Hue: - It is the name of the colour.

2) Saturation: - Saturation is the degree of purity or intensity of a


colour.
3) Tint: - The varieties of colours obtained by mixing white colour to a
hue are called tints.

4) Shades: - The varieties of colours obtained by mixing black colour to


a hue are called shades.

5) Tones: - The varieties of colours obtained by mixing gray colour to a


hue are called tones.
Colour Psychology
Every colour has a different impact on human mind. Every colour
creates a specific feeling in a person.

Colour Psychological effects

Orange Self pity, lack of self worth and


unwillingness to forgive

Green Comfort, laziness, relaxation,


calmness and coolness

Blue Quietness, coolness , success

Black Royalness, comfort, evilness

White Purity, peace and cheerfulness

Red Danger, anger, ambition,


leadership

Yellow Cheerfulness, Intellectual thinking


, optimism
Colour Harmony
Colour harmony is the theory of combining colours in different ways
that seems harmonious and interesting to eyes. It is also called color
scheme.
1) Complementary scheme: - In this colour scheme, two colours are
selected which are seated just opposite to each other on colour wheel.
YELLOW
EXAMPLES

GREEN RED

PURPLE

2) Analogous scheme: - In this colour scheme, two or more colours are


selected which are seated just next (adjacent) to each other on colour
wheel.
EXAMPLES
YELLOW

Yellow – green

GREEN

RED
RED
RED - PURPLE

PURPLE

3) Triadic scheme: - In this colour scheme, 3 colours are selected which


are equally spaced on the colour wheel.
EXAMPLES
4) Square colour scheme: In this colour scheme, 2 pairs of
complementary colours are selected whose cross makes a right angle
(90 degrees).
EXAMPLES

5) Monochromatic scheme: In this colour scheme, we use tints, shades


and tones of a single colour with each other.
EXAMPLES
6) Split Complementary scheme: In this colour scheme, a base colour
is selected and then two colour of either side of the complementary of
the base colour are used together.
EXAMPLES

Let Red be the base colour, then we know that


complementary colour of Red is Green. Now, by definition we have to
select adjacent colours of either side of green colour , that means we
have to select Yellow – green and Blue – green.

Yellow - green

Complementary
colour of Red is –
Green

Blue - green

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