Primary and secondary colors

Example of decor based on a primary color - blue

Tertiary colors are made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color. These colors are red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet and red-violet.





Primary, secondary and tertiary colors

Hues - the twelve purest colors

Tint

Shade

Tone

red and green

blue and orange

purple and yellow

Primary complementary colors

Example of decor using complementary colors - blue and orange

red, orange, and yellow

green, blue, and purple

yellow, yellow-green, and green

Analogous Colors

Example of a room decorated with analogous colors

Before using colors in interior design, it's good to know some important facts about the basic color theory.They cannot be made by mixing any other colors. These three colors are mixed to create all other colors and can be combined with white or black to create tints (lighter hues) and shades (darker hues) of these colors.are created mixing two of the three primary colors together.They areare the primary color elements that make up white light. These colors are called additives because you must add the colors together to create white. The additive primary colors are red, green, and blue (commonly called) as they are the primary color elements.In contrast to combining the additive primary colors of red, green, and blue to make white,is a four-color printing process that uses cyan, magenta, yellow and black. This is often referred to asThese are t.They form the full spectrum of colors which progress around the Primary Color Wheel in gradual increments.When speaking about colors, we have to know that every color on the Basic Color Wheel can be altered in three ways byis a mixture of pure hue and white. Think of a color like red saturated with lots of white. As more white is added the color becomes a lighter and lighter tint of red, until it turns to pale pink.Theof a color refers to how dark it is. It is the combination of a hue and black. Thus, burgundy is a shade of red, hunter is a shade of green, and rust is a shade of orange.Shades of a color offer a deeper and richer feeling in decorating and can be used to make any room feel cozier.is created by adding both white and black which is grey. Any color that is "greyed down" is considered a Tone.. In color theory, two colors are called complementary if, when mixed in the proper proportion, they produce a neutral color (grey, white or black). Example of complementary colors:Then, there are thecomprise an analogous color scheme. Here are three examples:In an analogous color scheme, usually one color is dominant and the others secondary in importance.