This is a physical color wheel, used to illustrate
the abstract organization of colors (also
called a color wheel) to show relationships
between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.
And it also assists in mixing colors.
It is composed of three pieces of paper connected
with a pin at the center, you can turn it
like so.
On the outside there is the basic color wheel.
This half is warm colors, while the other
half is cool colors.
Here you can see the values on the grayscale
to help you figure out the relative lightness
or darkness of a color.
Now here is the interesting part: To figure
out how mix colors, select the color you want
to use, then line it up with one of these
five.
So we have the three primary colors: mixing
in red, yellow, and blue.
As well as the tint, which is adding white,
and shade, which is adding black.
So lets do red as an example.
Red plus red, which is, obviously red.
Red plus yellow, which gives you orange.
Red with blue, which mixes to a deep purple.
Red plus white, a ligher red AKA pink.
And finally, Red plus black, a darker red.
Good?
Still following?
On to the next side!
While the first side is about mixing colors,
this side is used to illustrate the relationships
between colors.
Again, we have the basic color wheel on the
outside, which is also called the pure color,
then underneath is the corresponding tint
(AKA adding white), tone (adding grey), and
shade (adding black).
In the middle you see there is these arrows,
triangles and rectangles.
What you do is point the arrow at the color
you are interested in, lets do blue, and then
you can see the relationship it has with other
colors.
So this one straight across is complementary.
Orange and blue are complementary colors.
The colors immediately to the left and right
of the complementary color creates a split
complementary.
So you get this skinnier triangle.
And finally, a Triad is created with three
colors that are equally spaced apart on the
color wheel.
And for blue we get the three primary colors:
yellow, red, and blue.
And then you can do the same with the tetrads,
with this rectangle and square.
So that is my really brief summary of how
to use the color wheel.
It can be really useful if you are just starting
out and learning how to mix colors
I also have another video that goes over color
theory terms.
So if you do not know what complementary or
analogous means, that is a great video for
beginners.
Thanks so much for watching and I will see
you next time!
