THE FUNDAMENTALS OF UNDERSTANDING COLOUR THEORY: COLOUR THEORY IS BOTH THE SCIENCE AND ART OF USING COLOUR. IT EXPLAINS HOW HUMANS PERCEIVE COLOUR; AND THE VISUAL EFFECTS OF HOW COLOURS MIX, MATCH OR CONTRAST WITH EACH OTHER. COLOUR THEORY ALSO INVOLVES THE MESSAGES COLOURS COMMUNICATE; AND THE METHODS USED TO REPLICATE COLOR. THE PRESENT STUDY EXPLORES, 180 DIFFERENT COLOUR STAMPS OF POST-INDEPENDENCE. THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY AND DIFFERENT SHADES OF COLOURS USED