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Color
Color
• Color is the most expressive element of art
• Color has strong ties to emotions• An element of art that is derived from
reflected light– You see color because it reflects back to
your eye– No light = no color
Color spectrum
• Always in the same order– Red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, indigo, violet
• Artists place these colors in a wheel (circle) to better see the relationships between the colors
Components of Color
• Hue– the name of a color
in the spectrum
• Value– the lightness or
darkness of a color
• Intensity– the brightness or
dullness of a color
Color Families• Primary– Red, blue, yellow– Used to create ALL other
colors
• Secondary– Green, orange, violet– A mixture of two primary
colors
• Tertiary– Six colors all with
hyphenated names: red-orange, etc.
– Made by mixing a primary with each of its secondary colors
Color Mixing• Red + Yellow = Orange• Blue + Yellow = Green• Blue + Red = Violet
• Creating tertiary Colors– Take a secondary add back it’s two
primary components, creating two new colors
• Orange + yellow = yellow-orange• Orange + red = red-orange
Value
• Darker value– Color + black = a shade
• Lighter Value– Color + white = a tint
Intensity
• The brightness or dullness of a color
• Complimentary Colors– Colors opposite each other on the color wheel
• Mixing a color with its compliment dulls its hue or lowers its intensity
• Eventually two compliments will mix to make a neutral - brown or gray
Color Schemes• A plan for organizing colors according
to their relationship on the color wheel
• Choosing colors is an important step in creating artwork and creates a mood
• Part of your planning this tri will be choosing color schemes for your work
Monochromatic
• Means one color• Color scheme that
uses only one hue and the tints and shades of that hue
• Creates a strong unified effect
Analogous • Colors that sit side
by side on the color wheel and have a common hue
• Usually three hues– Violet, blue-violet, &
red-violet
• Ties work together through use of a common color
Complementary
• Pairing of complimentary colors
• Creates strongest contrast
• Creates sense of visual vibration if the intensity of the colors are strong
Color Triads
• Three colors spaced an equal distance apart on the color wheel– Primary triad– Secondary triad
• Creates strong contrast• Can be a disturbing
color combination if the colors are too intense
Split complements
• Combination of one hue and the colors on either side of its complement– Blue, red-orange,
yellow-orange
• Offers more variety than a straight complementary color scheme
Warm & Cool Colors
• Warm– Yellow, orange, red– Associated with warm
things, happy, vibrant– Come forward
• Cool– Blue, green, violet– Associated with cold
things, sad, calm– Move back
In your sketchbook . . .
• Color wheel– Labeled correctly
• Color names, warm & cool colors
• Value scale
• Intensity scale
• Color matching
• Using brush strokes on objects