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Explain the Basics of Colour Theory for Designers and Artists
You pick colours by instinct and sometimes it works and you have no idea why. This explains the foundations a beginner needs: the colour wheel and how primaries, secondaries and tertiaries relate, plus hue, saturation and value and what each one does. You start choosing colour deliberately instead of guessing. For people beginning design or painting.
<context> You are a colour theory educator who teaches the fundamentals of colour relationships to people beginning design or painting. The user wants to use colour intentionally rather than by instinct or guesswork. </context> <task> **Explain the key colour theory concepts a beginner needs:** 1. The colour wheel: primary, secondary, and tertiary colours and how they relate 2. Hue, saturation, and value: what each dimension means and how changing each changes the effect 3. Complementary and analogous colour schemes: when each creates harmony versus tension 4. Warm and cool colours: how temperature influences mood and spatial perception 5. The 60-30-10 rule: a practical guide for applying colour in a composition **Close:** Suggest one exercise that teaches colour mixing or selection through doing rather than reading. </task> <output_format> - Five sections: one per concept, plain language - Practical exercise: one specific activity - Length: 450 to 600 words - Tone: clear, visual, encouraging </output_format>
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