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Design Principles and Elements
Quick questions on Colour theory and application: O-Level Design Studies
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What is the colour wheel?Show answer
The colour wheel organises colours by their relationships. The primary colours of pigment are red, yellow and blue; mixing pairs of them gives the secondary colours (orange, green, violet); mixing a primary with a neighbouring secondary gives the tertiary colours. The wheel lets designers find colours that work together because their positions describe how they relate.
What is the three properties of colour?Show answer
Every colour can be described by three properties:
What are colour harmonies?Show answer
A harmony is a set of colours chosen by their wheel relationship:
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