Color Wheel Basics - WeAllSew

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ColorWheel Basics

byErikaMulvenna

ColorWheel Anycolorsystem canbeorganizedinhue(color)orderinthe shapeofacircleorwheel.Onceorganizedinacolorwheel, relationshipsandharmoniesbetweencolorsbecomeeasyto see.Acolorwheelcanbeusedtohelpyoufindcoordinating fabriccolorsorinspirenewcombinationsofcolorsfor quilting and sewing projects.

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CMY Theinitialsofthepartitivecolorsystem orprinter'scolor wheel--Cyan,MagentaandYellow.Thesearethethree primary,parent,orstand-alonecolorsinthesystem which mixtogethertomakealltheothercolorsinthewheel.

Coolcolors Colorsaroundacolorwheelcanbedividedintotwohalves; coolandwarm colors.Blues,greensandvioletsaredescribed ascool,calmingcolorsthatrecedeintothebackground.They arecool,crisp,soothing,andpassive.

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Hue Hueisanotherwordforaspecificcolorthatisdifferentfrom othercolors.Forinstance,thedifferencebetweenaredhue andagreenhue.Somehuescanbedescribedbytwocolor names,likered-orangeorblue-green.

Primary Primarycolorswithinacolorwheelarethethreeparentor stand-alonecolorscombinedtomakealltheothercolorsin thewheel.Thesecolorscannotbemixedormadefrom any oftheothercolorsinthesystem.

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RGB Theinitialsoftheadditivesystem oflightandhumancolor perceptionRed,GreenandBlue.Thesearethethreeprimary, parent,orstand-alonecolorsinthissystem whichmix togethertomakealltheothercolorsintheRGBwheel.

RYB Theinitialsofthesubtractiveartist'sortraditionalcolor system Red,YellowandBlue.Thesearethethreeprimary, parent,orstand-alonecolorsinthissystem whichmix togethertomakealltheothercolorsintheRYBwheel.

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Saturation

Secondary

Theintensityorpurityofahue.Acolorisfullysaturatedwhenitis

Acolorproducedbymixinganytwoprimaryhuesina

atfullstrengthwithnowhite,black,orshadesofgrayaddedtoit. Fullysaturatedhuescanbestrongandvibrantcomparedtothe

system togetherinequalproportions.

samecolordulledwithwhite,black,orgray.Forinstance,afully

saturatedredwillnothaveanyhintsofwhite,black,orgrayadded

toit.Aredthathassomewhiteaddedtocreateasofterred(think

carnationpink)islowerinsaturationbecausethepurityofthered

color is not as strong.

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Shade Anyhuemixedwithblack.Huesthatareshadedarelowin saturation(theintensityofthecolorisdampenedbyblack) andappeartobedarkerinvalue.Forinstance,addingblack toredwillresultinadark,reddish-browncolor;addingblack tobluewillresultinaverydeep,darkblue.

Tertiary Acolorproducedbymixingonesecondaryhuewithone primaryhueinequalproportions.

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Tint Anyhuemixedwithwhite.Huesthataretintedarelowin saturation(theintensityofthecolorisdampenedbywhite) andappeartobelighterinvalue.Mostofthecolorswecall pastelsarehuestintedwithwhite.Forinstance,alighttintof green(thinkpastelmint),alighttintofblue(thinkbabyblue) oralighttintofyellow(thinkbutteryellow).

Tone Anyhuemixedwithgray.Huesthataretonedwithgray appear low in saturation (the intensity of the color is dampenedbygray),andcanbeeitherlighterordarkerin valuedependingonhowmuchwhiteiscontainedinthegray tone.

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Value

Thelightnessordarknessofacolor,regardlessofhue.Inacolor wheelyellowappearsashuewiththelightestvalue,andviolet appearsashuewiththedarkestvalue.Itcanbeimportantto knowthevalueofthefabricsyouareworkingwith,especially whenmakingaquiltthatcallsforamixoflight,medium anddark hues.Whendeterminingthevalueofyourfabrics,trylooking throughagreenorredcoloredfilm tobetterdeterminethe lightnessordarkness,ortakeapicturewithyourmobilephoneat theblackandwhitesetting.

Warm Colors Colorsaroundacolorwheelcanbedividedintotwohalves; warm andcoolcolors.Reds,orangesandyellowsare describedaswarm,vibrantcolorsthatpopoutandgrabyour attention.Theyarevibrant,stimulating,motivating,and aggressive.

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