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