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Color Theory Day!
Primary Colors
• *Primary – First or highest rank of importance: Chief: Principal
• Primary Colors- a color that in a mixture makes all other colors. (red, yellow or blue)
Secondary Colors
• *Secondary- Derived or derivative: not primary or original
• Secondary Colors- a color produced by mixing two primary colors. (orange, green or violet)
Tertiary colors
• *Tertiary- of the third order, rank, stage, formation, etc.; third
• Tertiary colors- When a primary color is combined with a secondary color the result is a tertiary. (Red-orange, yellow-green…)
Complimentary Colors Colors opposite each other on the color wheel
Monochromatic ColorsTints and shades of a single hue
Analogous Color SchemesSit next to each other on the color wheel.
Local Color• Colors that are actually present in the
object you are drawing. The natural color of an object unmodified by adding any distortion
Neutrals….
• Neutral colors include black, white, gray, and sometimes brown and beige. They are sometimes called “earth tones.”
• Grays, Browns, tans,…
Tint
Tone
Shade
If you were an interior designer, based on this guide, what colors would you paint the bedroom, bathroom,
kitchen…
Color Theory Examples
Fernand Léger - L'escalier (1913)
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–1886, at The Art Institute of Chicago
Regina Valluzi. Coil to Globule. 16 x 12 inches, oil and alkyd on linen
Edward Hopper. Nighthawks. 1942 Oil on Canvas. 84.1 cm × 152.4 cm (33 1⁄8 in × 60 in). Art Institute of Chicago.
Pablo Picasso, “The Old Guitarist”
Vincent van GoghSelf portrait with bandaged ear
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Sunflowers or Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers (1888), National Gallery (London)
How do companies use color to create their
image?
Color Theory in Sport
Color Theory in Fashion
Interior design
Color Theory in Cartoons
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