Friday, November 12, 2010

Fun with Complementary colours



An orange sheep? Sure! Why not?

Complementary colours sit opposite each other on the colour wheel and "call each other out" to play, they add vibrancy to a painting.

They are pairs of a primary colour (red, yellow and blue) and a secondary colour that does not contain it.
As in: orange (yellow + red) and blue; green (yellow + blue) and red; purple (blue + red) and yellow.
In these examples the colour of the sheep is complementary to the colour of the backgound.
The orange sheep is in a private collection.

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