Colour, or color, is a property of light as seen by people.

The
international spelling of the word is colour, the word color is
used in American English. “Primary colours” can be mixed to
make the other colours. Red, yellow, and blue are the three
traditional primary colours. The primary colours for television
screens and computer monitors are red, green, and blue.
Printers use magenta, yellow, and cyan as their primary
colours.They also use black.
See the fact file below for more information on the
colors or alternatively, you can download our 22-page
Colors worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom
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Key Facts & Information
Colorful Colors
The world is full of light. Visible light is made of seven
wavelength groups. These are the colors you see in a
rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
Within the visible light of the electromagnetic spectrum are
still more wavelengths. Each wavelength is perceived by our
eyes as a different color.
The reddish colors are the long wavelengths. The greenish
colors are the mid-size wavelengths. The bluish colors are the
short wavelengths.
Red, orange, and yellow are warm colors, while violet and
blue are cool colors. Green is said to be the most neutral
color.
Warm colors make a room feel warm, while cool colors make
a room feel cool.
Warm colors make the room seem smaller because the walls
feel closer while cool colors make the walls feel further away
which makes it feel larger.
Primary colors are blue, red, and yellow. These are pure
colors that have no component other than themselves.
Secondary colors are orange, green, and purple. These are
composed of the primary colors on either side of it on the
color wheel. For example: Orange = red+yellow, Green =
blue+yellow, Purple = blue+red.
Tertiary colors are orange-red, orange-yellow, yellow-green,
blue-green, blue-purple, and red-purple. Tertiary colors have
more of one color than the other.
Hue is another name for the word color, and value describes
the darkness or lightness of a color.
Black is the absence of color and is therefore not a color.
White is the blending of all colors and is a color.
Most people see color very clearly, but there are some
people who are color-blind.
Psychology of Colors
Several ancient cultures, including the Egyptians and
Chinese, practiced chromotherapy, or the use of colors to
heal.
Chromotherapy is sometimes referred to as light therapy or
colorology and is still used today as a holistic or alternative
treatment.
According to some studies, there are four psychological
primary colours – red, blue, yellow, and green.
They relate respectively to the body, the mind, the
emotions, and the essential balance between these three.
Red (Physical) – It is a powerful colour. It denotes physical
courage, strength, warmth, energy, and also defiance,
aggression, visual impact, and strain.
Blue (Intellect) – It is a soothing color. It denotes
intelligence, communication, trust, efficiency, serenity, duty,
logic, coolness, reflection, but also coldness, aloofness, and
lack of emotion.
Yellow (Emotional) – This wavelength is stimulating. It
symbolizes extraversion, confidence, self-esteem, optimism,
but also fear, emotional fragility, and depression.
Green (Balance) – It promotes rest. This color denotes
harmony, balance, refreshment, universal love, restoration,
reassurance, environmental awareness, equilibrium, and
peace.
“Researchers have suggested that color associations may
have been formulated early in human history when man
associated dark blue with night, and therefore, passivity and
bright yellow with sunlight and arousal.” (Grossman &
Wisenblit, 1999, pg. 2)