Colour Theory

The whole idea of colour theory and its principles started in the writings of Italian renaissance author and pretty much all around genius Leon Battista Alberti and actually within the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci both men before there time with evolved views and ideas. So anyway the basic colour knowledge was done then the actual traditional 'Colour theory' with the inclusion of Primary, secondary and tertiary colour were beginning to be registered within the format of the colour wheeeeeel. The colour wheel was actually first created by Sir Isaac Newton back in ye old 1666.
The wheel itself is pretty standard to understand on the wheel of colour each colour works with another to make a pattern of colour... i.e. a different shade/colour. simples. The obvious colours to pick from are the primary colours RED, BLUE & YELLOW. The next common step after those colours is the idea of what would be created when mixed with is called complimentary or secondary colours as in from the original primaries GREEN, ORANGE, PURPLE. This pretty much carrys on to a number of shades but thats the basic colour wheel. Remember white and black are shades so they aren't on the colour wheel.

Within Make up artist of course the colour wheel is a key thing to remember you HAVE to remember the certain patterns within the colour wheel because they could create a look for you the colours would suit each other.

Here is infact a simple YouTube video I found for you, yes I searched basic colour theory. The video explains the wheel and the patterns within the wheel and what colours mean.

I hope this makes some sense.

The understanding of colour has improved, get your paint pots or makeup out and see what works best for you, don't try to create that sewage colour when try to make brown it won't become a nice brown if you keep adding to it.

A really good website I found whilst writing about this was called 'Sessions College Professional Design' its great for learning the patterns within the colour circle.
Links below you actually learn something especially if your a Visual leaner.

http://www.sessions.edu/color-calculator