Learn about colours (requires Real Player).
Primary Colours
In art, there are three primary colours. These are colours that cannot be made by mixing other colours together. They are - red, blue, and yellow:-
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| Blue | |
| Yellow |
Secondary Colours
If you mix two primary colours together, you create what is called a secondary colour. Mixing red and blue creates purple; blue and yellow make green and yellow and red make orange.
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Purple | |||
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Green | |||
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Orange |
Tertiary Colours
Tertiary colours are neutral colours such as browns and greys.
If you mix three primary colours together, you get a tertiary colour or if you mix a primary colour and a secondary colour you get a tertiary colour.
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| Grey |
Black and White
| Black | |
| White |
Black darkens a colour.
White makes a colour lighter.
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Pink | ||||||
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Cream | ||||||
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Light blue | Opposite | Dark blue | ||||
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Light green etc... | ||||||
For example:-
| The Union Jack is red, white and blue. | |
| The German flag is black, red and yellow. | |
| Penguins are black and white. | |
| Aubergines are purple. | |
| Lettuce is green. | |
| Lemons are yellow. | |
| Oranges are orange! |
Now test yourself with this fiendish puzzle.