Monday, 31 March 2014

Colour Theory


  1. What are the primary colours?
     Yellow, Blue, Red
  2. What are the secondary colours?
     Green, Orange and Purple
     
  3. Name 4 opposite colour combinations? 
yellow-purple
orange-blue
green-red
purple-green






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Colour Wheel for Make Up Artists and Make Up Lovers :-) Hi All, I thought I would write up a little recommendation for you make up artists out there on the use of a colour wheel and how important they are for you to have on your photo shoots and make up jobs. Even if you do not do make up professionally this will certainly help you for choosing colours for your make up looks. I was first given a make up wheel at The Academy Of Freelance Make Up in London were I studied, at first I was a little confused as to why I would need this and how it all worked. Now having used the colour wheel for nearly two years and seeing just how useful it has become I would not do without it. I am still learning colour with my shoots and probably always will be as there is so much to learn with it all, but having a colour wheel has certainly helped me along the way. You can pick up colour wheels from most art stores. Or google one, save it to your pc and print it off. Yu can get simple colour wheels and more complex ones I prefer the ones with more colour on so for instance a green that has been split up into dark and light green. I have posted up a simple and complex wheel so you can see the difference. I did a shoot last year in which  I wanted the outcome to be bold and colourful, I wanted the colours to compliment each other, therefore I used my colour wheel for this and I really liked the look of orange and blue together. As you can see on the wheel they are at opposite ends to each other this means they will compliment one other. Another method that works well together is analogue colours, this is were you have three colours all next to each other on the wheel. These will also work well together. Have a little read of the below article it has some other methods you may find useful to. I would recommend you to read up on the use of colour, as it will really help you with your looks. Here is a link I found really useful have a read and see what you think http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/basic-color-theory I could not do a colour shoot without my little wheel now. It is a staple in my kit. I have another shoot planned for January in which I will also be using my wheel for J x
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