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  The colour wheel consists of three primary colors: red, yellow and blue, between the primary colours there are three secondary colours: orange, purple and green. These secondary colours are created by mixing the two neighboring primary colours. Tertiary or intermediate colours are created by mixing a primary and a secondary colour.  The tertiary colours are: yellow-orange, yellow–green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-orange, and red- violet. Working with the colour wheel as a guide there are several types of color harmonies or schemes that can be created: Monochromatic colour schemes use only one colour from the wheel. Interest is generated by using different values of the colour ranging from light to dark. Analogous schemes are also referred to as Harmonious schemes; the colours used are adjacent to each other on the colour wheel.  Three to six colors are used with one predominating.  Success with this type of scheme relies upon using a variety of values and intensi...