Color Wheel6th Grade Art & Introduction to Art

Color Terms to KnowHUE: is the color we see (such as

red)VALUE: is the lightness or darkness

of a color (maroon is a dark value of red and pink is a light value)

TINT: When white is added to a colorSHADE: When black is added to a

color

The Color Wheel – PRIMARY COLORS

• There are 3 PRIMARY colors: Red, Yellow and Blue• These colors CANNOT be mixed to be made• They make all the other colors on the wheel• If you draw straight lines connecting the primaries,

you will create a triangle USE MARKERS TO CREATE 3 INDEX CARDS

REDBLUE

YELLOW

COLOR QUESTIONWhat

The Color Wheel – SECONDARY COLORS

• When you mix equal parts of 2 primary colors together, you get a SECONDARY color

• Secondary colors are Orange, Green, and Violet (Purple)

• If you draw straight lines connecting secondary colors, you will create a triangle

The Color Wheel – COLOR MIXING

When you mix a primary and a secondary color together, you will get a TERTIARY color

Tertiary colors are Red-Orange, Red-Violet, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Yellow-Orange and Yellow-Green.

The PRIMARY color is always named first.

The Color Wheel – TEMPERATUREColors have a visual temperature

Some are WARM

and some are COOL

The Color Wheel – WARM COLORS

Red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange and yellow are warm colors

Warm colors appear to advance (or come forward) in a picture and make objects appear to be larger

They remind us of fire or sun.

The Color Wheel – WARM COLORS

The Color Wheel – COOL COLORS

Greens, blues, and violets are cool colors. Cool colors appear to recede (or go back into)

the picture and make objects seem smaller. These colors are calm and restful.

The Color Wheel – COOL COLORS

The Color Wheel – WARM & COOL

Yellow-Green and Red-Violet can function as either warm or cool since they have properties of both. In a painting that is primarily cool, red-violet would add warmth while in a warm color

scheme, it would appear cooler

The Color Wheel – TINTS, TONES & SHADES

• When white is added to a hue, the resulting color is called a TINT---for example, pink is the resulting color when white is added to red.

• When black is added to a hue, it produces a SHADE. Navy blue is a shade of blue and maroon is a shade of red.

• By adding gray to a hue, it produces a TONE. This dilutes the intensity of the color. (Makes it duller)

The Color Wheel – COLOR SCHEMESMONOCHROMATIC

Color Schemes are colors that naturally fit together to make your

artwork nicer.Monochromatic: (mono = one and chromatic =

color) All the shades and tints of one color.

The Color Wheel – COMPLIMENTARYComplimentary: In a complimentary color scheme, 2

colors compliment each other because they are equally strong. Complimentary colors are DIRECTLY

OPPOSITE each other on the color wheel.Complimentary colors can create an optical illusion

because they can visually vibrate next to each other.

The Color Wheel – SPLIT COMPLEMENTARYA Split Complimentary color scheme is when

you chose a color and the two colors on either side of the chosen colors compliment.

The Color Wheel – TRIADICA Triadic color scheme is a set of 3 colors (tri means 3) that are equally spaced apart on the

color wheel.

The Color Wheel – ANALOGOUSAn Analogous color scheme is the use of 3-4

colors that are next door neighbors because they live side by side on the color wheel.

The Color Wheel – NEUTRAL

Black, White, Gray and Brown are neutral colors and are NOT on the color wheel.