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Color
Color Theory
Element of Art
Elements of Art
• Line
• Shape
• Color
• Value
• Texture
• Space
• Form
Hue
• The name of a color
Primary Hue
• Pure color
• Red, yellow, blue
• Place a swatch of each on
your paper….label
• You can not make the primary hues
• Try it now…..
• Primary hues make all other colors.
• Piet Mondrian
Secondary hues
• Made by mixing two primary hues
• Green
• Yellow + Blue
• Orange
• Yellow + Red
• Violet
• Red + Blue
• Place a swatch of each on your paper….label
Tertiary/Intermediate Hues
• Made by mixing a primary and secondary hue
• Red-orange = Red + Orange
• Yellow - Orange
• Yellow-green
• Blue - green
• Blue-violet
• Red-Violet
• Make one now…….label
Value
• The element of art that describes the darkness or lightness of a color.
• The amount of light a color reflects determines its value.
• Yellow is the lightest hue because it reflects the most light.
• Yellow is the lightest hue because it reflects the most light.
• Violet is the darkest hue because it reflects the least light.
Tint, Tone, Shade
• Tint – light value of a hue, add white
• Make a tint
• Shade – a dark value of a hue, add black
• Make a shade
• Tone – add grey
• Make a tone
Intensity
• The brightness or dullness of a hue.
• Pure colors are most intense.
• High intensity - pure
• Low intensity - mixed
• Make an intense hue
• Make a dull hue
Low High
Color schemes
Understanding color
Complimentary
• Complimentary colors…
• Colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
• Red and green
• Blue and orange
• Yellow and Violet
• Place each next to each other on your page…..
• Tend to vibrate, stand out
• Difficult to focus on the point where the colors touch
• Can cause seizures and headaches , grab attention- electricity.
• Mix two complimentary colors and they appear grey – absorb/neutralize each other….try it.
Pablo Picasso
“The Death of Casagemas”
Mondrian “View from the dunes”
Monochromatic Color Scheme
• One hue, various tints, tones and shades.
• Can be boring
• Make swatches of a monochromatic color
scheme, choose one hue, make a tint,
tone and shade.
Pablo Picasso – Blue Period
Analogous Color Scheme
• Colors that sit side by side on the color wheel and share a common hue.
• Red
• Red-orange
• Orange
• Orange-yellow
• Limit it to three hues
• Make one….
• Georgia O'Keeffe
• “Feel the awesome
• fire goddess”
Split Compliments
• The combination of one hue plus the hues
on either side of it’s compliment.
• Red, blue and green. (Red and green are
compliments…blue is next to green.)
• More variety than a complimentary color
scheme. Because you have three vs. two
colors to work with.
• Make a split compliment color scheme…
Warm color scheme
• Red, orange and yellow.
• Associated with warm things
• Tend to come forward
• Make a warm color scheme…
Cool color scheme
• Blue, green, violet
• Associated with cool
things
• Tend to recede
• Note – complimentary color schemes consist of one warm and one cool color.