Element of Color The most universally appreciated element: • An infant will reach out for a brightly colored object
• Color give us an immediate emotional reaction– Pleasing rhythms and Harmonies of color satisfy our visual tastes and
desires– We like certain color combinations and reject others
• Colors help identify objects and creates an illusion of space
Where does color come from?
Color begins with and comes
from LIGHT:-Where there is little light there
is little color and difficult to
distinguish each,
-Strong light it can be quite
intense.
A gradual blending of the major colors
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Blue-Violet Violet (indigo)
Spectrum:
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Additive ColorWhen…
artists or scientists work with RAYS of
colored light
What is it when the colors of the
spectrum are pure and are at there
fullest?
RedGreen Blue
Additive Primaries?
Intensity, Brightness or
Saturation
From Direct Light source
Cones & Rods
From Direct Light source
Subtractive
• What we already know about mixing colors
Tone
How color effect each otherComplimentary Colors (high contrast)
Analogous (low contrast)
How color effect each otherEmphasis Colors
How color effect each otherWhat is the color?
Mixing color with the eyes
1. Pigment color mixing
2. Optical color mixing
Optical Color Mixing
Impressionists: Monet, Renoir, Pissaro, Dega, Cezanne and others.
• Claude Monet was the inventor of Impressionism• Recorded the passing of time as light is seen passing over objects
• By 1886: accepted as serious artists• 40 views of The Rouen Cathedral
(different times of day and weather conditions)