Color Theory for Video

Answer the following questions in an in depth - paragraph:

1. What are complimentary colors? What are tertiary colors? What is the difference between primary and tertiary colors?
2. How can colors be assigned meaning in a film?

Complimentary colors are visually appealing colors that can be found on the opposite sides of the color wheel. Specifically, there are colors that especially compliment one another: red-green. orange-blue, and blue-yellow. Tertiary colors can be found by mixing the secondary colors derived by the primary colors. Primary colors cannot be derived from any color, thus the name, PRIMARY color. In film, emphasizing a certain color can convey a time of day, shed light to a specific character, or grab the audience's attention for an important scene. Color can be utilized within in a film by associating them with a socially constructed idea. Different cultures associate different colors with different meanings, and thus, a film from different cultures may utilize color in distinctly different ways. Color can also be "given" a meaning within the film by constantly associating a certain color or color scheme to an idea.