Secondary Color Wheel

Secondary colors are made from combinations of the three primary colors. When mixing your own secondary colors, you should start with the lighter color and gradually add the darker color until you get the mix you’re happy with.

Sakura Pigma Micron pen, acrylic paint

TENNIS ANYONE?

Sakura Micron pen, Faber-Castell Watercolor pencils

The Australian Open tennis is in Melbourne every January and I rarely miss it. There is something about the international atmosphere, elite sport, and hot summer days that I look forward to year after year. I also sit up through the night for the other Grand Slam tournaments—so no prizes for guessing the origins of this tangle!

SECONDARY GROWTH

Derwent Inktense pencil

Secondary Growth uses different tints of the three secondary colors, orange, violet and green. When you are looking for a color combination that you know works, remember to check out your color wheel. The two colors directly opposite each other (complementary colors) are always the strongest combination available. In the case of Secondary Growth, the three colors are equally opposite from each other on the wheel.

NOW LET’S LOOK AT HOW WE USE COLOR COMBINATIONS IN OUR ZENTANGLE ART.