The Colour Theory

The colour theory is like a practical guildence for people who experiment with mixing different colours and it is very important for a makeup artist by understanding how colours can effect one another. The visual effects of colours can be described through lightness, hue and saturation. Colour context is how colour react with other colours and shapes.
Primary colours are the basis of all colours and they are yellow, blue and red. While secondary colours are the combination of the primary colours such as the colours orange, purple and green.
The colour wheel shows the relationships between primary colours, secondary colours and tertiary colours, etc. Around the circle diagram, it presents the shades of different colours and also the relationships between the colours.



The colour wheel

• Analogous colours - Similar colours on the colour wheel (e.g. yellow, orange and brown)
• Complementary colours - Contrast colours (e.g. red and green)
• Achromatic & neutral colours - white, black and grey
• Chromatic colours -  the actual colours
• Monochromatic- one colour and one shade (darkest to lightest)
• Cool & warm colours - Cool colours range from purple to green, warm colours range from red to yellow

I have done 4 examples on below:Achromatic colours look




Black and grey





Model: Sera Gerwat




 



Complementary colours look






Green and red

 

 


 


 
 
Monochromatic colours look



Purple





Analogous colours look


Yellow, orange and brown