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THE COLOUR WHEEL

KNOW YOUR

COLOUR WHEEL

The colour wheel explains how colours relate to each other,

whether they’re side by side or diametrically opposite.

Each of the 12 segments represents a colour. Those on

the left are warm, those on the right are cool

TONAL SCHEME HARMONIOUS CONTRASTING

DIFFERENT SHADES SCHEME SCHEME
OF ONE COLOUR SHADES THAT SIT SHADES THAT SIT

Also known as tone on NEXT TO EACH OPPOSITE EACH
tone, this type of scheme is OTHER ON THE OTHER ON THE
the simplest of all the WHEEL WHEEL
colour recipes you can use Choosing adjacent colours Guaranteed to add drama
to decorate with, as it on the wheel – blue and to any room, these vibrant
includes only different green, for instance – is a schemes are based on
tones (both lighter and straightforward way of two colours that sit directly
darker) of one particular creating an easy-to-live- opposite each other on
colour – red, for example, with scheme. These the wheel – purple and
as shown on the segment harmonious colours are yellow, for example. They’re
above. It’s a good place to the most widely used group often referred to as
start if you’re unsure. in interior design. complementary colours.

HUE, TINT & SHADE

These are the three key words often used to describe colour.
Frequently confused, they’re actually three different things

HUE A hue is the purest form usually lightened or darkened
of any colour, whether it’s to create a tint or a shade.
primary, secondary, tertiary TINT & SHADE If you add
or somewhere in between on some black to a hue, you create
the spectrum of colours in the a shade and it becomes darker.
wheel. Hues are very intense If you add white, you create a
and probably too strong for most tint and the colour gets lighter. TINT HUE SHADE
decorating schemes, so they are It’s that simple.
hue + white pure colour hue + black

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