Wednesday 3 April 2013

Colour Wheel

Primary and secondary colours 

This is a standard colour circle or wheel and is based on the painters primaries of red, yellow and blue (RYB),  and their secondary or complementary opposites green, violet and orange. Secondary colours are those made by mixing two primaries, i.e. red & yellow making orange. 

 As stated in the study notes, placing them in the form of a circle is a useful way of showing that they are indeed opposites in the way we perceive them.



The generally accepted light values, Goethe's Theory of Colours (1810), determined by Johann von Goethe, a German poet, playwright and government minister are as follows: 

  • Yellow - 9
  • Orange - 8
  • Red & green - 6
  • Blue - 4
  • Violet -3

In the next part of this section on colour requires me to start building a library of colours, photographing scenes or parts of scenes that are each dominated by a single one of the primary and secondary colours. 

I have started to note down in my study note book various locations and scenes where I could find the colours to match the circle. 

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