Olive is a "tertiary" paint colour

It is mostly blue with a little yellow and red

Colour/Hue - OLIVE

(Mostly blue with some red and yellow paint)

Tint – add white

Lower value – add shade/black

Tone – add contrasting colour

grey – add more contrasting colour

Olive is made when you mix the three primary paint colours together - mostly blue with a little yellow and red or green (blue and yellow)and purple (blue and red)

2 parts blue, 1 part yellow, 1 part red

If they were equally mixed then you would have the perfect grey

meet Oliver Olive

OLIVE WORDS

Olive works well with lots of timber!

Leonie uses olive with other greens to create a natural feeling piece

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Use lots of greens, yellows and olives to create a forest feel for your sleeping space.

Glenise uses the greens and olives to create a natural piece.

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Olive works well with colour blocking with russet and citrone - a triadic colour scheme

Jeanene uses olive and greens background for her flowers of the forest

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lots of greens brings a natural feel with Jeanene's hand crafted crochet throw

Jeanene had added dark olive to contrast ion this piece