Colour wheel

In this session on 15/10/14 I had paint a colour wheel.  The tools I used for this were a hog hair paint brush and gouache paint in red, blue and yellow.  I was given gouache to use as it is thicker and can be thinned down with a little water.  

Primary, secondary and tertiary colours.

Firstly I had to paint the primary colours (red, yellow and blue) in the three inner triangles, and the three squares on the outter circle that the points of the triangle touched.  I then had to paint the middle triangle with secondary colours (orange, green and purple).  To make these colours I had to mix two primary colours together in the correct proportions to get the exact shade of green, purple and orange.  Lastly I had to paint the reaming squares on the outter circle with tertiary colours (yellow green, blue green, blue purple, red purple, red orange, yellow orange).  To get tertiary colours I added more primary colour to the secondary colour.  

Complimentary colours

I had to paint the complementary colours (red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple) in the boxes next the the colour wheel.  Complimentary colours are the colours which are directly opposite each other on the colour wheel.  These colours will make each other stand out from one another. 

Tints and shades

I had to paint the tints and shades on the bottom of the page.  To do this I was given white and black gouache.  I chose to use red as my main colour for this section.  To get different tints of red I mixed red and white, adding I little more white each time to achieve a lighter and lighter tint.  To get different shades of red I mixed red with black adding a little bit more black each time to get a darker and darker shade.  

Tints and shades of the complimentary colours.

By mixing the complimentary colours together you get different tones of brown and grey.  Next to my complimentary Colours I have painted the tints and shades of the complimentary colours mixed together with black and white.  

I really enjoyed learning all about the colour wheel in this session and know that everything I have learnt today will help me with future sessions.  

Research

Below are images I found on Google images.  I chose these images to show how others have demonstrated the colour wheel.