what is the various visual phenomena that are the results of the reflection or absorption of light...
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What is• The various visual
phenomena that are the results of the reflection or absorption of light by a surface.
• Color has three properties: Hue, Value, and Intensity.
Property of color that refers to the intrinsic
“color” of a color. The name of the color
(blue, red, yellow, green, orange, violet).
The lightness (tint) or darkness (shade) of
a color.
What are tints and shades?
• Add any color to white to get a tint…
What are tints and shades?
• Add black to any color to get a shade…
The property of color that refers to the brightness or
dullness of a color. It is influenced by how pure the color is, and is RELATIVE.
Colors that have certain likenesses or differences.
PRIMARY COLORS- Colors that cannot be made by
mixing any other colors. Naturally occurring colors
Red Blue
Yellow
SECONDARY COLORS
Colors that are made by mixing two
PRIMARY colors.
Violet
Green
Orange
Red
+ Blue
= Violet
Red
+ Yellow
= Orange
Blue
+ Yellow
= Green
Colors obtained by mixing a PRIMARY color and an adjacent
SECONDARY color.
Always say the PRIMARY color FIRST.
Tertiary Colors…
Red-Violet Blue-Violet
Blue-Green Yellow-Green
Yellow-Orange Red-Orange
Pairs of colors that are opposite of each other on
the color wheel.
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Three or four colors next to each other on the color wheel.
Yellow, Yellow-Orange, Orange, Red-Orange
Violet, Blue-Violet, Blue, Blue-Green
Warm Colors•Tend to make you think of warm things…
•The sun…•Fire…
What colors make you think of warm things?
Cool Colors…• Tend to make you think of
things that are cool or cold…• Water…• Snow• Ice…• Grass…
What colors make you think of cool things?
Neutral Colors…Colors that are neither “warm”
nor “cool”Some achieved by mixing
complementary colors (brown or gray)
They are white, black, gray and brown
Neutral Colors…
Using tints and shades of one color.
Artist will use ONE color and black and white to create a composition.
Sets of three colors an equal distance from each other on the color wheel.
PRIMARIES and SECONDARIES are both examples of a TRIADIC COLOR
SCHEME
• Use only PRIMARY, SECONDARY and NEUTRAL COLORS!
• Use CARMINE for red, GRASS GREEN for green and DARK BLUE for blue.
• DO NOT USE LIGHT BLUE, DARK GREEN, VERMILLION OR INDIAN RED
You will be graded on
color placement and media
skill/ neatness.
