Stop Motion: Colour Theory

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Colours

Colour Wheel

Using the colour swatches I had previously made I made a colour wheel.

The colour wheel is used to determine which colours are complimentary or contrasting.

Complimentary colours are two colours that are opposite to each other.

Contrasting colours are the colours that are diagonal to to each other.

For example:

Red is from the warm half of the wheel and blue is from the cool half of the wheel, therefore they are contrasting colours.

Making Pictures With Contrasting And Complimentary Hues

First I made a transparent layer to make my image template.

I can delete this layer after the colours have been added.

That way the colours will been shown better.

I then added the contrasting colours under the template.

Removing the template.

Deleting the coloured layers, I started with the blank template again.

I then used 3-4 harmonious colours.

Removing the template.

Starting with the template again,

I used 3 harmonious colours and one complimentary colour in this image.

Removing the template.

Tint and Shade

Taking two contrasting colours and mixing two tints and two shades of each colour to create a tonal colour swatch.

Two sets of two colours making ten in total.

Balancing All Five Colours

Tints Dominant

Shades Dominant

Adding A Contrasting Tint

Saturation

Taking a pair of complimentary colours and mixing them together to get a range of neutral or broken colours.

Create an image that is balanced. (Using all the colours from the colour swatch.)
Making the same image but the broken colours dominant. (Using all the colours from the colour swatch.)
Make the picture using one pure hue and opposite broken colours. (About five colours in total.)

Balanced