An Element of Art
COLOUR WHEEL
VALUE
The lightness or darkness of a colour
INTENSITY
The purity of a hue
HUE
Refers to the names of colours
PRIMARYRed
Yellow
Blue
SECONDARY Orange Violet Green
SANDY SCHIMMEL
Communication Pink and Yellow
COMPLIMENTARY
Colours opposite on the colour wheel
Orange & Blue
Green & Red
Enhance each other when placed
together
AUGUSTE RENOIRFruits from the Midi, 1881
Cool colours contrast with warm colours
Complementary colours show depth and volume for example the shadow of a green apple will contain some red.
White is a highlight
Dark forms have contrast against lightness.
Warm colours project forward, Cool colours recede
Franz Marc
The Large Blue
Horses 1911
• Arbitrary Colour has no realistic or natural relation to the object that is depicted but may have emotional or expressive significance
• Complementary Colours make each other appear brighter and more intense when placed next to each other.
Gustav KimtJudith,1909
• Decorative use of colour
Howard Arkley
Tom Roberts Shearing the Rams,1890
• Descriptive
colour used to
suggest the hot
dry dusty
atmosphere
Janet LaurenceVerdant Studio 2003
• Cool colour• Monochromatic: various values
of the same hue – dark to light
• White to create emphasis
• Secondary colour
Jeffrey SmartStudy for Holiday
• Warm colours dominant
• Blue is complementary and used to highlight
Vincent van GoghSunflowers, 1888
• Emotional use of colour to express feelings about a subject rather than to describe
• ‘Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before my eyes, I use colour more arbitrarily to express myself forcibly.’
- Vincent van Gogh
Pablo Picasso The Tragedy,1903 (Blue Period)
• Symbolic colour used to suggest the sombre mood and sadness
• Monochromatic colour scheme
ANDY GOLDSWORTHY
• Natural hues
• Range of shades
• White used to highlight
• Cool colours
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