Post on 16-Jan-2016
COLORAn exciting
ELEMENT of ART
• Hue
• Value
• Intensity
COLOR HAS THREEDIMENSIONS OR QUALITIES:
HUE
RED YELLOW VIOLET
The name given to a color
on the color wheel.
VALUE
The lightness or darkness of a color,
TINTS & SHADES
TINT
Made by adding white to a color so that it is lighter.
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HUE WHITE TINT
SHADEMade by adding black to a color so that it is darker.
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HUE BLACK SHADE
INTENSITYThe brightness or dullness of a color.
A hue has the highest intensity.
Add its complementary color to dull it down.
Green - HIGH INTENSITY
OLIVE - LOW INTENSITY
Add its complement, red to get:
NEUTRALS(NOT REALLY COLORS)
White + Black
White + Brown
White
Black
Gray
Tan
COLOR WHEEL
A GUIDE TO STUDY HOW TO CHOOSE AND
COMBINE COLORS
PRIMARY HUES
•Pure and basic
•Cannot be made from any other colors
•All other hues are made from these
•Equal distance from each other on color wheel
RED YELLOW BLUE
SECONDARY COLORS
•Made by mixing amounts of 2 primary colors
•Found halfway between the primary hues on the wheel
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ORANGE
GREEN
VIOLET
INTERMEDIATE (TERTIARY)
HUES
Made by mixing
adjoining primary and secondary colors.
THE COLOR WHEEL CAN BE DIVIDED INTO
WARM AND COOL COLORS
WARM COLORS
Appear hot like the sun or like fire
Give feelings of passion, action, cheerfulness
Appear to advance, pop out at you
Can be overwhelming if overdone
COOL COLORS
Remind us of water or sky
Give feelings of quietness or restfulness
Appear to recede in the background
Can be depressing if overdone
MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME
This is a one-color plan that uses different tints, shades and intensities of the color
BLUE
ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEMEThis color scheme uses related, or neighboring colors on the color wheel with varying values and intensities of the colors.
COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
This color scheme uses opposite hues on the color wheel. These colors are across from each other on the
wheel and have great contrast.
SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
This color scheme uses three colors, one color with the two colors on each side of its complement.
VIOLET
SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
This color scheme uses three colors, one color with the two colors on each side of its complement.
VIOLET
What would be the split complement of
blue-green andyellow-green?
Red
violet
Blue
violet
Time to test your knowledge!
Which color scheme?
Cool colors
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Monochrome
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Tint
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Neutral
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Primary colors
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Tertiary colors
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Complementary colors
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Warm colors
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Shades
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Secondary colors
Which color scheme?
Low intensity