Color Wheel Notes

Please fill out your Agenda!Then please take a Socrative quiz

Classroom: SchafrothArt

Then grab a piece of blank paper from the center of your table. Hold your paper

landscape, and put your name and period on the back.

Color Theory NotesWhat is color: Color is made up of light. There must be light for us to see color.

1.) Primary Colors

• Yellow, Red, Blue

2.) Secondary Colors

• Orange=• Purple (Violet)=• Green=

Yellow + RedRed + Blue

Yellow + Blue

Color Theory NotesWhat is color: Color is made up of light. There must be light for us to see color.

1.) Primary:YellowRedBlue

Primary + Secondary

2.) SecondaryOrangePurple (Violet)Green

3.) Tertiary

YO, RO, RV, BV, BG, YG

Value Scale: the colors go from light to dark as you go from top to bottom

Warm Colors:

Cool Colors:

Yellow, Red, Orange

Blue, Green, Purple (Violet)

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Come towards you

Go away from you

Warm and Cool Colors: How do they work?

• Look at the artist Paul Cezanne– He uses warm and cool colors to create the illusion of

space within his landscapes by applying color straight on to the canvas in large strokes

Color Theory NotesWhat is color: Color is made up of light. There must be light for us to see color.

1.) Primary:YellowRedBlue

Primary + Secondary

2.) SecondaryOrangePurple (Violet)Green

3.) Tertiary

YO, RO, RV, BV, BG, YG

Value Scale: the colors go from light to dark as you go from top to bottom

Warm Colors:

Cool Colors:

Yellow, Red, Orange

Blue, Green, Purple (Violet)

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or

the illu

sion o

f sp

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Come towards you

Go away from you

Color Scheme:•Color Plan•Colors that look good together

Analogous: Complementary:

3 colors that are side by side on the color wheelEx.) RO + R + RV

2 colors that create high contrast2 colors that look good togetherAcross or opposite each other

Color Scheme:

•Color Plan•Colors that look good together

Analogous: Complementary:

3 colors that are side by side on the color wheelEx.) RO + R + RV

2 colors that create high contrast2 colors that look good togetherAcross or opposite each other

Analogous: Complementary:

Color Wheel Notes

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