Relationship With Colours - 3rd Artist Research - Colour Wheel

Colour Wheel

The colour Wheel is an abstract illustrative organization of colour hues around a circle that shows relationships between primary colours, secondary colours and tertiary colours. The arrangement of colors around the colour circle is often considered to be in correspondence with the wavelengths of light, as opposed to hues, in accord with the original color circle of Isaac Newton. 

Two of the oldest colour wheels which were created by a man called Boutet in 1708. To the left is the 7 - colour circle and to the right is the 12 - colour circle.

COLOR TERMINOLOGY 

Primary Colors: Colors at their basic essence; those colors that cannot be created by mixing others.

Secondary Colors: Those colors achieved by a mixture of two primaries.

Tertiary Colors: Those colors achieved by a mixture of primary and secondary hues.

Complementary Colors: Those colors located opposite each other on a color wheel.

Analogous Colors: Those colors located close together on a color wheel.