Color Theory

Why is color theory important?Please answer in your notes using at least 2 complete sentences.

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Color Wheel

A tool Artist use to create successful color combinations in Art!

Primary Colors· Cannot be mixed· Make all the other color on the color wheel

Secondary Colors· Made by mixing equal parts of two primary colors.

Tertiary Colors· Made by mixing equal parts of one

primary and one secondary color.

Color has 3 properties:1)Value-The lightness or darkness of a color.

2)Hue – The Name of a color as it appears on the color wheel. (red, blue, yellow)

3)Intensity- The purity of a hue. A hue at its highest intensity has no other color mixed with it. A hue loses its intensity as another color is added to it.

Neutral ColorsNeutral are not seen on most color wheels. Black, gray, brown and white are neutral. Neutral colors can be made by mixing:

• Black and white

• Complementary colors

• All three primaries together (plus some black or white)

• THEY DO NOT AFFECT OTHER COLORS

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

Camouflage, 1986 acrylic and silkscreen

ink on linen 40 x 40 in.

The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection,

Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for

the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF

Tints and Shades

TINT - Hue plus white (or water).

SHADE - Hue plus black.

MonochromaticColor Scheme

Mono = ONE

Chroma = Color

ONE color art.

Uses shades or tints from the same hue.

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Sunset, 1972 Screen print on Paper34 x 34 in.The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF

Analogous Color SchemeCOLOR NEIGHBORS

Any three to five colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange. Usually one of the three colors predominates.

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

Camouflage, 1987 Screen prints on Lenox

Museum Board 38 x 38 in.

The Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh Founding CollectionContribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,

Inc. © AWF

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

Cologne Cathedral, 1985 Screen prints with diamond

dust on Lenox Museum Board39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.

The Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh Founding Collection Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,

Inc. © AWF

Complementary Color SchemeTwo colors that are the direct opposite of each other, such as red and green and blue-orange and yellow-violet. Complementary colors create the most contrast and balance in design.

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Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Flowers, 1970, screen print on paper, 36 x 36 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF

Space Fruit: Still Lifes (Pears), 1979 screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection, Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF

Analogous with Complementary emphasis

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

Flowers, 1970 Screen print on paper

36 x 36 in. The Andy Warhol Museum,

Pittsburgh, Founding Collection

Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the

Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

Sunset, 1972 Screen print on Paper

34” x 34” The Andy Warhol

Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection

Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF

TemperatureColor temperate can help enhance the mood of an image.WARM COLORS - Red, orange, yellow, (red-violet, yellow-green), warm color tend to advance in visual space.COOL COLORS - Violet, blue, green, cool colors recede in space.

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Vesuvius, 1985

screen print on Arches 88 paper, 31 7/16 x 39 1/4 in.

The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding

Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF

Color

Variations

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Camouflage, 1986acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen40 x 40 in. each The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF

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Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979, screen print on Lenox Museum Board30 x 40 in. each The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding CollectionContribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF