The Colour Wheel

Do you consider the colour wheel when choosing a colour to paint the walls in your room? Do you know the difference between monochromatic, complementary, analogous and triad? You may be wondering when picking a simple colour got so complicated. It's completely the opposite, the colour wheel is your best friend! It will help you choose colours that will complement existing flooring, adjacent rooms, it will also add depth and character.

Let's get to the basics to help you understand the full scope. As you can see the colour wheel is separated into 12 different high-concentrated, pure colours. From there, there are three different categories; primary, secondary and intermediate (tertiary).

Primary colours - pure red, blue and yellow

Secondary colours - a combination of two primary colours; orange (red + yellow), green (yellow + blue) and violet (red + blue)

Intermediate (Tertiary) colours - a combination of a primary and secondary colour; red orange, yellow orange, yellow green, blue green, blue violet, and red violet.

Now on to the colour schemes. A colour scheme is based on the principles of the colour wheel. They are a helpful guidelines that can be used to achieve the look you desire. Colour schemes are the combinations or pairings that create an aesthetic look and feel of your room. Thus bringing us back to; monochromatic, complementary, analogous and triad.

Monochromatic - a colour scheme that uses tints and shades of the same colour on the colour wheel. This can be on either end of the scale, soft and subtle or brave and bold.

 Complementary - a colour scheme that uses two colours on opposite sides of the colour wheel

Analogous - a colour scheme that uses adjacent colours on the colour wheel

Triad - a colour scheme that uses three colours that are equally spaced out on the colour wheel

As you can see each room has a flow and compliments each colour within the room nicely.

We would love to see any rooms you've created based on the colour wheel! Share a picture with us on our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/trendzpaint