Post on 21-Jun-2015
COLOR
• Color wheel + tetrads, triads• Color sets: primary, secondary, intermediate/tertiary, achromatic,
complimentary, analogous• Split compliment
• CMYK • Tints, tones, shades
• Color as a tool to create depth• Local color
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TETRAD
Set of four colors that are evenly spaced
on the wheel
Primary Colors are the three most
basic hues
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TRIAD
set of three colors
that are evenly
spaced on the wheel
Secondary Colors are formed by combining two primary colors
Tertiary Colors
The Complimentary
Color is the hue opposite on the color
wheel.
Analogous Colors share the same third or fourth of
the wheel
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Achromatic colors are neutrals that are not found on the color wheel or within the light
spectrum
Chromatic Grays
Formed by mixing a Complimentary Pair together
The hue brown is a chromatic (colored) gray.
What is the difference between these two?
LOOK - what is the true cause for the difference?
The Printing Primaries or
The Process ColorsThese four colors are used to print much of the color images we see on paper. Professional printers as well as the printers connected to our computers use these colors in transparent layers to create a wide range of colors.
Theoretically it is possible to produce an adequate range of colours
Warm colors and cool colors have a unique ability to move towards us or away from us. This is especially true when they are positioned close to each other.
On the following slide: Which color seems to project from the surface?
Which color seems to recede into the surface?
HUE HUEHUE
+ WHITE + GRAY
= TINT = TONE = SHADE
+ BLACK
The local color of
this lemon is yellow.
Local color is the main hue of an object or space.
Local color
• Color wheel + tetrads, triads• Color sets: primary, secondary, intermediate/tertiary, achromatic,
complimentary, analogous• Split compliment
• CMYK • Tints, tones, shades
• Color as a tool to create depth• Local color
COLOR