COLOR

Review the presentation and fill in the vocabulary sheet neatly.

Turn in for a grade. You will have a quiz over these words and they will be on the mid term exam.COLOR

How are colors used in art?

Museum of Modern Art tape artCOLORS CHANGING THE SPACE

"Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of color to express myself more forcefully.Vincent Van GoghVincent van Gogh. The Bedroom. 1889Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 5/8 in. The Art Institute of Chicago. Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial CollectionDid you know that the room this famous painting was based on was really all white in real life?

How can color change alter the mood and feeling of the space?James Turnell. The Light Inside. 1999,Installation. Neon light, gypsum board, plaster, and glass. Museum of Fine Arts Houston

COLOR WHEELShows the relationship between primary and secondary colors.

How many colors do you see?

PRIMARY COLORS: Colors that CANT be created by mixing other colors; In art they are red, yellow, and blue

You can mix them together to create new colors.

But you cant use other colors to create them.

Primaries + Primaries = Secondary Colors: Colors made by mixing two primary colors; orange, green, and violet. RED + BLUE = VIOLETBLUE + YELLOW = GREENRED + YELLOW = ORANGE

WARM COLORS: Colors similar to fire red, yellow, & orange- these appear to come forward.

COOL COLORS: blues, greens, and violets- these appear to recede Pablo PicassoThe Tragedy, 1903oil on wood, 1.053 x .690 m (41 7/16 x 27 3/16 in.)National Gallery of Art, WashingtonPablo PicassoThe Old Guitarist, 1903oil on wood, 48 x 32.5Art Institute of ChicagoPicasso Blue Period

INTENSITY: describes the brightness or dullness of a color.

VALUE: the lightness or darkness of a color.

HUE: the name (title) of a color.

LESS INTENSE COLORSMORE INTENSE COLORS

Complementary Colors: colors located opposite from each other on the color wheel

Complementary ColorsWhen mixing a color with its complement, the result is a duller color because they subtract from each other. When used side by side, complements appear brighter. Sport teams often use complements in their logos because the colors are eye catching together.

TINT: Colors made by adding white to the original color. Ex. pink is a tint of red, and light blue is a tint of blue.

SHADE: Colors made by mixing black to the original (color).Maroon is a shade of red, and navy is a shade of blue

Analogous Colors: Colors located next to each other on the color wheel.

Monochromatic Color Scheme: one color plus its tints and shades.