Hey there, my name is Kaeleigh, and welcome to Color Types!
In this video, you'll learn the main colors that make up the color wheel
and whether they're primary, secondary, or tertiary colors. We're also going
to talk about warm and cool colors and complementary colors. Let's get started!
Primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. Any color can be made from these three colors.
You can even test this at home by mixing paints together. Secondary colors are orange, green,
and purple and are made from two of the primary colors. Red mixes with yellow to make orange,
yellow mixes with blue to make green, and blue mixed with red makes purple.
Tertiary colors are vermillion, amber, chartreuse, teal, violet, and magenta. They're made from one
of the primary colors and one of the secondary colors mixed together. Red mixed with orange
makes vermillion, or red-orange. Orange mixed with yellow makes amber, or orange-yellow.
Yellow mixed with green makes chartreuse, or yellow-green.
Green mixed with blue makes teal, or green-blue. Blue mixed with purple makes
violet, or blue-purple. And purple mixed with red makes magenta, or purple-red.
In art and design, we group all colors into two groups called warm colors or cool colors.
Looking at the color wheel, which colors do you think are considered warm?
We define warm colors as colors that are bold and stand out in nature.
These colors are red, orange, and yellow, like a fire, and the tertiary colors red-orange,
also called vermilion, and orange-yellow, also called amber.
We define cool colors as colors that are calm and soothing in nature. These colors are green,
blue, and purple, and the tertiary colors green-blue, also called teal, and blue-purple,
also called violet. You may have noticed we left two colors out. There are two tertiary
colors that are a mix of one warm color and one cool color. The first one is yellow-green,
or chartreuse, which is the warm color yellow mixed with the cool color green. The other is
purple-red, also called magenta. Magenta is the mix of cool color purple and warm color red.
Complementary colors mean opposite colors. What do you think that means, looking at this color wheel?
It means the color that is directly across from the color wheel is its complement.
As you can see here, red is complementary to green,
and yellow is complementary to purple, and this is true for every color on the color wheel.
Just draw a straight line across from your favorite color, and that's the complement!
You can create all of these colors in the My World Design Studio.
First, you choose the template to design. Then, click the edit button that Mia's pointing to. We
can make the color purple together. First, click on the green square and press the delete button.
Red and blue mix together to create purple. You can move the sliders to create different shades of
purple, and you can mix different colors. Click on one of the squares, and choose the color you want!
Now you know the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. You can create all of these
colors and more by using red, yellow, and blue paint. To learn more about colors,
be sure to play our fun online games and do the quizzes, and remember to always be clever!