RGB = light, all colours together creates white, no colours is black.
CYMK = all three colours is black, no colours is white.
Colour wheels.
Saturation - intensity of colour, best for highlighting areas of interest
Value - brightness/darkness of a colour, use high contrast to draw attention
In a nutshell
-dont overdo it
-use them to guide the viewer
-use it to tell the story
-use it to change the mood
-draw attention to something
Colour Harmonies
1- Monochromatic - uses one colour, good for single subjects
2- Analogous - colours adjacent on the wheel, easy on the eyes, occurs in nature
3- Triadic - equally distant on the wheel, hard to pull off, best for cartoon/surreal scenes
4- Complimentary - opposing colours on the wheel, very popular, use one colour predominantly
5- Split Complimentary - similar to complimentary, only one side of the wheel is split into 2 choices
6- Tetratic(double complimentary) - two pairs of opposing colours, best used for foreground/background. never use 25% of each.
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