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COLOR
ColorAn element of art that is derived from reflected
light
Color SpectrumWhen light passes through a wedge shaped glass, called a prism, the beam of white light
is bent and separated into bands of color
The Name of color in the color spectrum
Hue
RED YELLOW BLUE
HUE HUEHUE
Cannot be made
Primary Colors
BLUE RED
YELLOW
Made from mixing primary colors
Secondary Colors
GREEN ORANGE
VIOLET
Made from mixing a primary color with a secondary color
Intermediate Colors
BLUE-VIOLET RED-VIOLET
BLUE-GREEN RED-ORANGE
YELLOW-ORANGEYELLOW-GREEN
The spectrum bent into a circle
Color Wheel
Pigment(paint, colored pencils)
Other Color Systems…
RYB
Light(stars, stage lights, TV screens)
Other Color Systems…
RGB
Pigment(graphics, inks)
Other Color Systems…
CMYK
The art element that describes the darkness or
lightness of a color
Value
Shades – A dark value
of a hue
Tints –A light value of a hue
The brightness or dullness of a color
Intensity
High Intensity Low Intensity
vivid strong fair medium weak
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel
Complementary Colors
blue
red
yellow
orange
green
violet
Mixing a hue with its compliment:• Lowers its intensity
• Is how we get NEUTRAL COLORS
Complementary Colors
Monochrome means one colorColor Schemes
Monochromatic color scheme:A color scheme that uses only one
hue plus the tints and shades of thathue.
Effect:Unifying
• Colors that sit side by side on the color wheel AND have a common hue.
• Effect: Helps tie in one shape to the next through a common color so it unifies with more variety.
Analogous Colors
Analogous color scheme
Analogous Color Scheme
Edward Hopper - Compartment C, Car 293
• Colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel.
• Effect: exciting, loud, eye catching
Complementary Colors
Complementary Color Scheme
Vincent van Gogh - Noon: Rest From Work
• Composed of three colors spaced equally apart on the color wheel.
• Effect: The contrast is not as strong as that between complements
Color TriadsPrimary Secondary
Color Triads
Split Complements
• The combination of one hue plus the hues on each side of its compliment.
• Effect: has less contrast, but more variety than straight complements.
Split Complements
• Blues, greens, and violets• Usually associated with
water, ice/snow, or grass.• Cool colors seem to recede
or move away
Warm/Cool Colors• Reds, Oranges, and yellows
• Usually associated with Sunshine or fire.
• Warm colors move towards the viewer.
Warm & Cool
• Colors that result when a true color is affected by unusual lighting or its surroundings.
• Colors as we see them.
Optical Color
Arbitrary Color
• Color chosen by personal preference.• Artists choose arbitrary colors rather than
optical colors because they want to use color to express meaning, feelings, and moods. Also, the create certain effects.