Color Unit

The study of color vocabulary, color schemes and techniques.

Corr, artist fromCaribbean

Color

• Color is the reflection or refraction of light. See the example below

Primary Colors

• Yellow

• Red

• Blue

• These three colors when mixed make the other colors.

Secondary Colors

• Orange

• Green

• Violet

• These colors are made by mixing two primary colors together.

Intermediates or Tertiary Colors

• Yellow-green• Yellow-orange• Red-violet• Red-orange• Blue-green• Blue-violet• These come between a

primary and secondary color.

Aspects of Color

• Value:Light and dark, referred to as tone.

• Hue: Is the name of a spectral color.

• Intensity: How pure a color is,or how bright or dull.

Chagall

Value: dark or light, tone.

Without value you would not see “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso.

http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/guernica_nav/main_guerfrm.html

Hue:spectral name of each color

Intensity: How pure or bright a color is. You dull a color by adding its’ opposite color on

the color wheel

African painting

Vincent Van Gogh used what color scheme.

Color Schemes

• Monochromatic: One color with tints and shades.Tint is when you add white, shade when you add black.

• Complementary: Colors opposite on the color wheel. An example is violet and yellow.

• Analogous: 3-5colors next to each other on the color wheel.

Color Schemes continued…•Warm colors rev us up and get us going. The warmth of red, yellow, or orange can create excitement or even anger.

•Cool colors are made with blue, green, purple, or some combination of these. Cool colors might make you think of cool and peaceful things, like winter skies and still ponds.

Monochromatic: One color with tints and Shades.

Paul Klee

Complementary:Colors across from each other on the color

wheel.

Georgia O'KeeffeJasper Johns

Red and green Orange and blue

Analogous: 3-5 colors next to each other on the color wheel.

Juan Gris

Cool Colors

Warm Colors