Art Blog 4

Color theory
color theory is about what are the different colors and the color schemes
there are 12 colors in the color wheel.
3 primary : 3 colors that make up every other color : red, yellow, blue
3 secondary : 3 colors that are made up of two of the primary color : orange, green, violet
6 tertiary : 6 colors made up of primary and secondary colors : red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet.

Color schemes are the relationship between different colors. There are six main types of color schemes
Complementary: color opposite to each other
Rectangle: two pairs of complementary colors that doesn't have same distance between each of the colors
Square: two pairs of complementary colors that have same distance between each of the colors
Triadic: 3 colors that have equal distance between each other
Analogous: color next to each other
Split Complementary: one color with two analogous color of the complement but not the complement.

Value is the lightness or darkness of colors. Intensity is the brightness and dullness of colors.
Shade is to add black to a color
Tint is to add white to a color
Tone is to add grey to a color