The author of this video dislikes the traditional red and green colors of Christmas and finds nature's colors to be more complex and sophisticated. They enjoy painting with red and green as complementary colors, as mixing complementary colors creates primary colors. The color wheel consists of yellow, red, and blue as primary colors, and mixing adjacent primary colors creates secondary colors. The author explains that mixing all primary colors creates mud or black, and complementary pairs are opposite on the color wheel. They also discuss how adding small amounts of one color creates nuanced colors, and adding white creates tints of colors. The author's paintings use red and green but don't resemble Christmas colors, and they wish the viewers a happy holiday season while offering a color lesson as a gift.