Let's start with our old friends, the primary colors. Red, Yellow, and Blue, the three colors that can be mixed to create all others (mostly).
This photo prominently features two secondary colors sitting next to each other (although, the orange appears more yellow after scanning). With the green grass and orange... orange, the only secondary color missing is purple. These are the colors created by mixing two primary colors together.
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| "Orange Feast" by Anna Gilliam, as published in The Bridge, Volume 3 |
This blue-green fish is an example of a tertiary color. A secondary color, green, and primary color, blue, are put together to become this tertiary mix.
This colored pencil drawing is a great example of complimentary colors at work. Compliments are opposites, or near opposites, on the color wheel; in this case, blue and orange. Being opposites, the colors create great contrast between the cool and warm colors.
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"Still Life" by Corinne Corey, as published in The Bridge, Volume 7
This color study shows a student's exercise involving analogous colors. These are colors that sit next to (or close to) each other on the color wheel. The differences are usually minimal. Seen here are different shades of blue, shades of orange, red, and yellow, shades of green, and shades of purple. |
In this paper mosaic, there are a few colors that can be picked out as shades of primary, secondary, or tertiary colors. There is yellow in the girl's hair, blue-greens in the background, a little burnt orange in the girl's neck, but there are also many other neutral colors not so easy to identify in this way. Many background panels look a bit beige, but may include some yellow, orange, or brown. There are peachy and brownish values within the girl's face, lips, and eyes. It is easier to refer to some of these as "skin-color," "peach-color," or "steel-color" rather than define them as a specific primary, secondary, or tertiary.
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