- using only one color Gunther Gerzso Southern

Preview:

Citation preview

- using only one color

Monochromatic medallion

HUE

HUE – a particular gradation of color; a spectral color (a color from the spectrum)Color – many definitions! A broader term, including all hues, non-spectral colors and maybe even white & black

RED

BLUE

YELLOW

PURPLE

GREEN

ORANGE

opposites on the color wheel

- note: NOT COMPLIMENTARY

unsettling, hard to look at

Complementary colors

Analagous colors

Complementary colors

Analagous colors

• neighbors on the color wheel

TINT – adding white to a hue, or a hue to white

SHADE – adding black to a hue or vice versa

a very aware use of contrasts of complementary & analogous colors AND shades and tints

SATURATION – brilliance or depth of color

LUMINENCE

LUMINENCELUMINENCE

NOT JUST ANY 3 COLORS

RED

BLUE

YELLOW

PURPLE

GREEN

ORANGE

Also note countershading