Colour is one of the most important ingredients of photo composition, and while it’s often forgotten about until the editing stage, colour can be used in portraits, landscapes and still-life shots to add depth, create mood, or draw the viewer’s eye to a certain part of the frame, so it’s important to understand the basics of colour theory when you’re shooting, as well as when you’re editing.
You may recall from art class in your school days that the primary colours are red, yellow and blue, and that by mixing these colours in varying proportions you can create all other possible colours. If we arrange our primary colours equally spaced around a circle, and add the in-between shades by mixing neighbouring colours in varying quantities, we can produce a colour…
