COLOR

Youwillbeusingyour“Colornotes”worksheettotakenotes

fromthispresentation

YOUMUSTUSEthesameCOLORPENCILorcolorgelpenyouused

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thesenotes.

GROUPS1.Primary

2. Secondary

3. Intermediate/Teritary

4.Neutral (notfoundonacolorwheel!)

Yellow

Blue

Orange

GreenViolet

Cannotbemadebymixingtheothercolors

Madebymixingequalpartsofone primarycolor andone secondarycolor.Whenyouonlyhaveprimarycolorstheratiois¼onecolorwith¾oftheothercolor

Madebymixingequalpartsoftwo primarycolors

Red-OrangeRed-Violet

Yellow -Green

Yellow -Orange

Blue-Green

Blue- Violet

⏬ Youmayusedifferentcolorstowriteinthetermsforcolor

Black,White,Gray

Red

SchemeWhatisaColorScheme?

A colorscheme isanassociationofcolorsbasedonanorganizationalsystem.InotherwordsAPlanonhowcolorswillbeused.

Inthisspaceyouwilladdyourownillustrations.Youmaynotjustcopytheillustrationsinthispresentation!

Schemes

Monochromatic Inthisspaceyouwilladdyourownillustrations.Youmaynotjustcopytheillustrationsinthispresentation!

ONEcolorisusedwithTintsandShades

Examples:1.Pink,Red,Burgundy2.Babyblue,Blue,Navy

Schemes

Complementary Inthisspaceyouwilladdyourownillustrations.Youmaynotjustcopytheillustrationsinthispresentation!

Twocolorsthatareoppositeonthecolorwheel.

SchemesSplit-Complement Inthisspaceyouwilladdyourown

illustrations.Youmaynotjustcopytheillustrationsinthispresentation!Isavariationofthe

complementarycolorscheme.Inadditiontothebasecolor,itusesthetwocolorsadjacenttoitscomplement.

Schemes

Analogous Inthisspaceyouwilladdyourownillustrations.Youmaynotjustcopytheillustrationsinthispresentation!

Threetofivecolorsthatarenexttoeachotheronthecolorwheel.Theyshareacommonhue.

Example:Orange,Yellow-orange,Yellow,Yellow-Green,Green

SchemesTriadic/Triadic Inthisspaceyouwilladdyourown

illustrations.Youmaynotjustcopytheillustrationsinthispresentation!Usescolorsthatare

evenlyspacedaroundthecolorwheel.Thinkequilateral triangle

Correctcombinations1.R,Y,B2.RO,BV,YG3.O,G,V4.YO,RV,BG

Schemes

Cool Inthisspaceyouwilladdyourownillustrations.Youmaynotjustcopytheillustrationsinthispresentation!Coolcolorsgivean

impressionofcalm,andcreateasoothingimpression.

Schemes

Warm Inthisspaceyouwilladdyourownillustrations.Youmaynotjustcopytheillustrationsinthispresentation!Warmcolorsare

vividandenergetic,andtendtoadvanceinspace.

Whatisacolorwheel?

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CREATE A COLOR WHEELComplete the color wheel below to help you understand color relationships and color schemes.

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Colorinthecolorwheelbyusingjustprimarycolorpencils.Youwillbemixingtheprimarycolorstocreatealloftheothercolors.Thisisbestdonebydoinglayersofcolorsontopofeachother.

Atoolusedbyartisttoplanhowcolorswillbeused intheirartwork.

Thecolorwheel isavisualrepresentation ofcolorsarrangedaccordingtotheirchromaticrelationship.

COLORYouhavenowfinishedyourwrittenpartoftheCornellnotesonCOLOR.Nowyouneedtoaddyourownillustrationstohelpyourememberthenotes.Whenfinished,turninyourpaperoruploadyourworkintoFocusforgrading!