Color Theory

Monochromatic colors: All the colors of a specific hue.

Analogous colors: groups of colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel, with one being the dominant color, which tends to be a primary or secondary color, and two on either side complementing, which tend to be tertiary.

Complementary colors: colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum, such as red and green or blue and orange, that when combined in the right proportions, produce white light.

Color triads: colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.

Split complementary: a variation of the complementary color scheme. In addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement.

The Kaleidoscope project

In class we created kaleidoscopes with colored pieces of plastic cut up and put between two clear sheets of plastic. Inside the tube, we lined each side with mirrors to get the above result.