THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR!!!

“GREAT ART PICKS UP WHERE NATURE ENDS” – MARC CHAGALL

ISAAC NEWTON DISCOVERED THE THEORY OF COLOR IN 1666 WHILE

WORKING WITH A PRISM

PRIMARY COLORS:

RED, YELLOW, BLUE

SECONDARY COLORS:GREEN,

ORANGE, VIOLET

INTERMEDIATE COLORS ARE COLORS THAT HAVE “TWO NAMES”

– COMBINE ONE PRIMARY AND ONE SECONDARY COLOR

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS: TWO COLORS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM

EACH OTHER

ANALOGOUS COLORS: A GROUP OF COLORS THAT LIVE NEXT TO EACH

OTHER

WARM COLOR

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COOL COLORS

TINT: A LIGHTER VERSION OF A COLOR (ADD WHITE)

SHADE: A DARKER VERSION OF A COLOR (ADD BLACK OR A COOL COLOR)

VALUE SCALE: A VALUE SCALE IS A RANGE OF

VALUES OF ONE COLOR. A TYPICAL VALUE SCALE

HAS 7-9 VALUES, BUT YOU COULD GET MORE IF YOU

REALLY TRIED!

MONOCHROMATIC: A GROUP OF VALUES (TINTS

AND SHADES) OF ONE COLOR

NEUTRALS/EARTH TONES

JUST A REMINDER…

WHERE DO WE SEE COLOR???

EVERYWHERE!!!

LET’S TEST OUR KNOWLEDGE…

Red and Green are across from each

other on the Color Wheel. That makes

them complementary

colors!

COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME

Tints and Shades of Blue create a Monochromatic Color Scheme using blue,

white and black

MONOCHROMATIC!!!

You CAN make ALLLL colors with just Red, Yellow, Blue, White

and Black!

PRIMARY COLOR SCHEME

A VALUE SCALE is a range from lightest to

darkest, in this photograph white and

black.

VALUE SCALE

This collection of seeds and spices could be considered

a…???

YOU DECIDE!