How the colour wheel can help<\/strong><\/p>\n Understanding the relationship between colours can help you pull together successful colour schemes when it comes to interior design. So if you do happen to change colour direction, you\u2019ll be able to turn a potential fail into a magnificent save.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The colour wheel includes the primary colours: red, yellow and blue. When you mix these together in different combinations you get the secondary colours: orange, green and violet. When you mix primary colours with secondary colours you get tertiary colours: blue-violet, red-violet and so on.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You\u2019ll also be familiar with the complementary colours, which are yellow and violet, red and green and blue and orange. Basically, these are any two colours located opposite each other on the colour wheel.<\/p>\n \u00a0 When is a shade a shade and a tint a tint?<\/strong><\/p>\n And of course you know the difference between shades, tints and tones, right? Well, here\u2019s a refresher. If you add black to a colour you are creating a shade. Adding white to a colour creates a tint and adding grey to a colour creates a tone.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Turn up the temperature or keep it cool?<\/strong><\/p>\n You\u2019ll also know that red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow and yellow-green are warm colours and green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, violet and red-violet are considered cool colours. Warm colours are favoured for evoking energy, enthusiasm, passion and all round happiness, whereas colours from the cooler end of the spectrum are used for reflecting calm and balance. So don\u2019t forget to take this into consideration when you\u2019re selecting colours for your rooms.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/colour-wheel-1.png\")
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