Teorie barev


Co je to teorie barev?

Teorie barev je množství kategorií, definic a konceptů.

Tento tutoriál pokrývá části, které jsou nejužitečnější pro webdesign:

  • Primární, sekundární a terciární barvy
  • Barevná kola (RGB, CMY, RYB)
  • Barevný odstín, světlost a sytost

Barva světla

Sir Isaac Newton vyvinul teorii, že všechny barvy jsou směsí červeného , zeleného a modrého světla.

To vedlo k prvnímu známému barevnému kruhu v roce 1666.

Sir Isaac Newton
Barevné kolo

Barva barvy

V roce 1766 vytvořil vědec Moses Harris první barevné kolo, které klasifikovalo červenou , žlutou a modrou jako primární barvy.

Moses Harris worked with paint (Newton worked with light) following a theory (by a French painter) that all colors are mixtures of Red, Yellow, and Blue pigments.

Moses Harris
Barevné kolo


Color Systems

In this tutorial we will cover 3 different color systems:

  • The color system used when producing colors by light (RGB)
  • The color system used when printing (CMY)
  • The color system used by artist and painters (RYB)

Printing actually uses a four ink color system.

CMYK: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black).


Primary Colors

Primary colors are the main colors in a given color system.

Primary colors can not be produced by mixing other colors a color system.

The primary colors for light are Red, Green, and Blue:

RGB Red Green Blue

The primary colors for print are Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow:

CMY Cyan Magenta Yellow

The primary colors for paint are Red, Yellow, and Blue:

RYB Red Yellow Blue

Secondary Colors

Secondary colors are made by mixing two primary colors in a color system

There are 3 secondary colors in the color systems described here.


Mixing Light (RGB)

Secondary colors are Yellow, Cyan Magenta.

Red + Green = Yellow
Green + Blue = Cyan
Blue + Red = Magenta

Mixing Ink (CMY)

Secondary colors are Blue, Red, Green.

Cyan + Magenta = Blue
Magenta + Yellow = Red
Yellow + Cyan = Green

Note that mixing the primary colors of CMY produces the primary colors of light (RGB)


Mixing Paint (RYB)

Secondary colors are Orange, Green, Purple.

Red + Yellow = Orange
Yellow + Blue = Green
Blue + Red = Purple

Tertiary Colors

Tertiary colors are made by mixing one primary and one secondary color in a color system.

There are six named tertiary colors in RYB:

  • Red-Orange
  • Yellow-Orange
  • Yellow-Green
  • Blue-Green
  • Blue-Purple
  • Red-Purple
Terciární