In colour theory there are a variety of types of colour, such as; Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Complimentary and Analogous colours.
A primary colour is a colour that can not be made from a combination of any other colours. All other colours are derived from these 3 hues. The 3 primary colours are Red, Blue and Yellow.
A secondary colour is a colour that is made from a combination of two primary colours. There are 3 secondary colours in the colour theory which are Purple, Green and Orange.
A tertiary colour is a combination of three colours either primary or secondary. Tertiary colours include Yellow-orange, Red-orange, Red-purple, Blue-purple, Blue-green and Yellow-green.
Complementary colours are pairs of colours which cancel each other out, they are opposites on the colour wheel. So for example, Red and Green are complementary colours.
Colours mean different things in different cultures and religions, for example; in the Western culture red means love and danger where as in the Indian culture red means beauty and wealth. However, in terms of religion, in Christianity green means life, growth and maturity where as in the Buddhism religion green means karma, action and harmony.
I'm looking at colour in a way where colours either work or don't work together, I'm looking at it in a more scientific way. However, I could look at it in a more abstract way where colours mean a lot more, where colours have meaning.
One of the major art movements to use colour theory was the abstract expressionists, they did this by applying fields of colour and abstract forms to their canvases. All abstract expressionists were committed to an expressive art of profound emotion and themes, majority of the abstract expressionists were drawn and shaped by the legacy of Surrealism; in which was a movement they had translated into a new style to fit the post-war mood of anxiety.
When colours are placed together they make the colours they're placed with look different, they can do this by making them seem larger, darker, lighter, and even closer up and further back. For example if you placed a black circle around a red circle, then place a grey circle around a red circle, the black makes the red more darker than what the grey does.
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