66 MODULE 1: TERM 1 – Introducing the world of design Tertiary colours Created when one secondary colour and one primary colour are mixed together. Orange + Red = Red orange Purple + Blue = Blue purple
Purple + Red = Red purple
Orange + Yellow = Yellow orange
Green + Blue = Blue green
Green + Yellow = Yellow green
Complementary colours
Tese are contrasting colours that are opposites on the colour wheel, for example, red and green, yellow and purple, blue and orange. A primary colour is thus the complementary colour of a secondary colour (mix of 2 primary colours).