Colour Temperature
Colour temperature can be a little bit confusing but in general, blues, greens and violets are cool colours and your reds, oranges and yellows are warm.
![colour temperature on the colour wheel](https://painting-commission.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/colour-temp.jpg)
![warm cool colours](https://painting-commission.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/wheel.png)
Cool Blue - Warm Blue
Where it gets confusing is that each primary colour can be warm or cool, a cool blue Pthalo Blue is cool as it leans towards green and a warm blue Ultramarine Blue is warm as it leans towards red, i.e.it is not a perfect primary but has a little red pigment within it.
Temperature = Mood
Depending on the overall colour scheme of your painting will define the mood.
![local colour shadow](https://painting-commission.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cool.jpg)
![warm](https://painting-commission.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/warm.jpg)
Warm
The colours here produce a wonderful warm feeling, you can feel the weather through the painting.
Video understanding colour temperature and skin tones.
Here’s a fantastic video to help you understand colour temperature and using this understanding with skin tones, bu Marco Bucci / Proko
![](https://painting-commission.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/0002.jpg)