Color

PAINTING WITH COLORMondrian: Broadway Boogie

Woogie 1942-1943

How do you make colors?

The color wheel

Words to remember Primary- Red, Yellow, Blue

Secondary- Green, Purple, Orange

Tertiary- Blue-green, red-orange, yellow-green

Complementary- Blue+Orange, Yellow+Purple, Red+Green

Analogous- Red, Yellow, + Orange, or Blue, Purple, +Green

Warm- Red, Orange, Yellow

Cool-Green, Blue, Purple

Red

Matisse: Le Toits de Collioure 1905

Primary Color

Orange

Monet: Twilight in Venice, 1908

Secondary Color

Yellow

Van Gogh: Sunflowers 1888

Primary Color

Green

Cezanne: Peasant 1891

Secondary Color

Blue

Van Gogh: Starry Night Over The Rohne, 1888

Primary Color

Purple

Renoir: Pierre Renoir in a Sailor Suit, 1890

Secondary Color

Brown

Picasso: Gertrude Stein, 1905

Black and White

Manet: Baudelaire’s Mistress Reclining, 1862

Gauguin: Miraculous Source, 1894

Degas: Blue Dancers, 1899

Putting the colors together

Your next project will be to make a

painting using the color wheel.

Nurminen: I’m Sorry: 2003

Color scheme OrangeYellowGreenBlue

ToolsBrushes

Paper

Tape

Photo or object to paintYou will need these paints

Lemon yellow

Cadmium yellow

Cadmium red

Alizarin crimson

Pthalo blue

Ultramarine blue

Raw Umber

Titanium white

Mixing Colors

Warm ColorsareRedOrangeYellow

Cool Colors are

PurpleBlueGreen

Remember warm colors advance and

cool colors recede

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