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COLORTHEORY“COLORS MUST FIT TOGETHER AS PIECES IN A PUZZLE OR COGS IN A WHEEL.” - -HANS HOFMANN

Learning TargetsStudents will be able to use elementsand principles to organize the composition of their own artwork (color).

Students will be able to identify and experiment with materials, tools, and techniques appropriately and expressively in his or her own artwork.

How will we hit the targets?

Review the elements of art and principles of design

PowerPoint: Color theory

Color Wheel

Color Theory practice sheets

Color Theory review sheet

Color Theory Test

Project: Camouflage Painting

Evaluation

What is Color?

At its core, color is light.

Light is composed of many different colors and the various mixtures of light compose the colors that we can see.

It is seen through a tool called a prism.

Color Theory

Color theories create a logical structure for color.

There are three basic categories of color theory: •The color wheel

•Color harmony

•The context of how colors are used

Color Wheel• A color wheel is based on red, yellow and blue, and is traditional

in the field of art.

• Sir Isaac Newton developed the first circular diagram of colors in 1666.

Color Groups

1. Primary Colors: red, yellow and blue.

•These 3 pigment colors CANNOT be mixed or

formed by any combination of

other colors.

•ALL other colors are derived

from these 3 hues.

Color Groups

2. Secondary Colors: purple, green, and orange

These are the colors formed by mixing the primary colors.

Color Groups

3. Tertiary (intermediate) Colors: Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green & yellow-green.

•These are the colors formed by mixing a PRIMARY and a SECONDARY color.

•That's why the hue is a two Word name, such as blue-green,red-violet, and yellow-orange.

Color Groups

4. Complementary colors: red/green and yellow/purpleand blue/orange.

•Any two colors which are directly opposite each other.

•Create the highest contrast/intensity.

•Intensity is how bright or dull a color is.

•When mixed, create a neutral color.

Color Groups5. Analogous colors:

•Are any three colors which are side by side on a color wheel, such as green, yellow-green, and yellow.

•Usually one of the three colors predominates.

Color Groups

6. Monochromatic Colors:

•Color group consists of one color and all of it’s value.

•For example: blue, white andblack would be used to create light blue, blue, and dark blue.

•Adding white creates TINTS.

•Adding black creates SHADES.

Color Groups

7. Temperature

•Cool Colors: blue, green, and purple. Cool colors recede.

•Warm colors: red, orange, and yellow. Warm colors advance.

Evoke emotion and visual temperature.

Color Harmony

Harmony can be defined as a pleasing arrangement of parts, whether it be music, poetry, color, or even an ice cream sundae.

In visual experiences, harmony is something that is pleasing to the eye.

When something is not harmonious, it's either boring or chaotic.

In summary, extreme unity leads to under-stimulation, extreme complexity leads to over-stimulation.

Name the color group

Name the color group

Name the color group

Name the color group

Name the color group

Color in advertizing

Color in ContextHow color behaves in relation to other colors and shapes is a complex area of color theory.

Compare the contrast effects of different color backgrounds for the same red square.

Color in Context

Observing the effects colors have on each other is the starting point for understanding the relativity of color. The relationship of values, saturations and the warmth or coolness of respective hues can cause noticeable differences in our perception of color.

Color Assignments

Complete color wheel practice sheet

Complete 2 painting worksheets (one for primary and one for secondary)

Complete color theory review sheet

Test on color theory

Complete Camouflage Painting

Camouflage Painting Examples

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