colour theory

Colour Theory in Art: How Colour Wheels Explain Colour Mixing

Infographic explaining colour theory with colour wheels for primary, secondary, tertiary, complementary, analogous, warm and cool colours, plus paint and digital colour mixing examples.

Colour theory is one of the foundations of art. It helps artists understand how colours relate to one another, how they mix, and how they affect the mood of an artwork. Whether you are painting, drawing, designing digitally, or building an installation, colour theory gives you a practical way to make stronger visual decisions. At … Read more

Purple Does Exist, Just Not in the Way People Think

A soft pastel gradient moving from red through violet into blue, illustrating how red and blue-violet tones can visually transition through purple.

On non-spectral colour, cone cells, and the internet’s favourite science misconception Every now and then, the internet gets excited about colour science and boldly claims that purple is not real. Some people even go further and say humans cannot actually see it. That idea is only partly true, and the real story is worth understanding. … Read more