5 Warm colours

4 Colour wheel

Colour wheels help artists to understand how colour works. Red, yellow and blue are called primary colours. Orange, green and violet are called secondary colours. Mixing two primary colours together makes a secondary colour.

8 primary colour wheel secondary colour wheel

Colours opposite each other on the wheel are called complementarycolours. They look brighter next to each other.

Did you know?

Look at the red apple for a few minutes, then look at the white space next to it. You may see a green apple, which is red’s complementary colour.

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Copper

Band 12

Our Colourful Our Colourful World World

Colour is everywhere! This book explores the exciting world of colour, from nature and food to clothing and artwork, with old and new stories from around the world.

An information book