Introduction to Color Theory and the Color Wheelīefore delving into how to mix these colors, it is handy to understand the basics of color theory. Orange draws your attention, whether good or bad, which can be warm and welcoming or make you wary and vigilant.
Orange is the final color on our tertiary color wheel, and like rose, emits an optimistic energy. Rose, like the flower, is often associated with love and romance, however, it is also known to be connected to femininity and feelings of desire and optimism. It is often used to symbolize royalty, power, and magic and is associated with feelings of pride, devotion, ambition, and mystery. Violet shares its name and color with a flower. Because of this, azure creates a sense of calm, security, stability, and confidence. This color is often used to represent the “green movement,” which is concerned with environmental conservation and awareness.Īzure is said to represent the color of the sky on a clear and bright day. While softer than chartreuse, spring green also brings a positive and hopeful feeling to those around it. This color represents strength and evokes a sense of power, reliability, and stability.Ĭhartreuse is a sunny color that symbolizes growth and youthfulness and creates feelings of happiness and enthusiasm. Steel blue is the last of the RYB tertiary colors. This spicy brown color symbolizes comfort, loyalty, independence, and a zest for life. Burnt sienna is an exciting color that gives feelings of both security and passion. This yellowish-green is also associated with feelings of empathy, compassion as well as wisdom, and perception. Olive green is known to symbolize sophistication, harmony, and peace. The traditional tertiary colors have many meanings behind them. Meaning and Psychology of Tertiary Colors We will delve more into these color models and how their tertiary colors are created later.
In the traditional Red Yellow Blue (RYB) color model, your tertiary colors are olive green, burnt sienna, and steel blue while the Red Green Blue (RGB) model has chartreuse, spring green, azure, violet, rose, and orange as its tertiary colors. There are two sets of tertiary colors based on which color model you choose to use. The first thing that we will delve into is what are tertiary colors exactly as well as the meanings behind them. 5.2 Are Tertiary Colors and Intermediate Colors the Same?.
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