Color Types

Colors play a huge role in the way we perceive the world. Without even realizing it, colors have the ability to evoke emotions and trigger certain reactions. Colors can even go as far as subliminally communicating an idea or brand message.

When artists, advertisers, and designers create, they choose their colors wisely because they know how much weight such hues carry. In order to build the perfect compositions, a lot of them use the basic knowledge of color theory. See the world in a whole new way with 20 Color Theory Facts You Should Know.

Colors can be broken down into three basic types—primary, secondary and tertiary colors. Categorizing by types makes it easier to understand the colors and their relationships. Using solely colors of one particular type is one way to create an easy color scheme.

• Primary 
• Secondary
• Tertiary

Primary Color

Primary colors are known as basic colors because they cannot be created by mixing other hues. Since humans are trichromatic, the primary colors yellow, red, and blue are fundamental to human vision. Primary colors are the building blocks of all other colors. Using these bold tones with proper execution, a kitchen will make a dramatic design statement.

Secondary Color

Secondary colors are created by the equal mixture of two primary colors. For example, yellow and red make orange, red and blue make purple, and blue and yellow make green.The three secondary colors produce a fresh and lively palette.

Tertiary Color

When you blend secondary and primary colors together, you get what is called a tertiary color, or intermediate color. On a color wheel, the tertiary colors are found between the primary and secondary colors. Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green, and yellow-green are examples of tertiary colors.