<aside> 🎯

Goal: Choose colours that create harmony, contrast, mood, and emphasis.

</aside>

Key ideas

• Hue: the colour name, such as red, blue, or green
• Saturation: how intense or muted a colour is
• Value: how light or dark a colour is
• Warm colours: often feel energetic or close
• Cool colours: often feel calm or distant
• Complementary colours: opposites on the colour wheel that create strong contrast

Colour effects depend on context. The same colour can look different beside another colour.

Creative challenge

Create three small versions of the same scene:

1. A warm, energetic palette
2. A cool, calm palette
3. A limited palette using one main colour and one accent colour

Reflect

• How did each palette change the mood?
• Where is the strongest contrast?
• Does the accent colour guide the viewer's attention?