Basic colour theory
In this basic colour theory we start from the colour wheel.Colour theory is a collection of rules and guidelines which
designers use to communicate with users through appealing colour schemes. To pick the best colours every time, designers use a colour wheel.
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Sir Issac Newton is a mathematician, physicist. Newton worked with light and led him to discover that while light bends into seven different coloured lights . Each light has its own wavelength. This he found when he saw light pass through a prism. Further experiments led to the discovery that red, yellow and blue are primary colours.
Colour wheel is classified into three main categories.
The triangle in the center of the wheel in the picture is showing the primary colours.
That is red yellow and blue.
After that the next layer around is called the secondary colours.
So when you mix red and yellow it becomes orange. Blue and yellow mixed becomes green Red and Blue mixed becomes violet.
The outer layer or the circle combines both primary colours and secondary colours and this is called the tertiary colours.
Watch this interesting video tutorial that I made showing colours are classified into different categories in a colour wheel. Learning about this is important for a design student.