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ColorTheory

Illustrate By:

Uestc -2508201023

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ColorTheory

Color WheelColor ValuesColor Schemes

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The color wheel fits together like a puzzleeach

in a specific place .Being familiar with the color

wheel not only helps you mix colors when

painting ,but in adding color to all your creations.

The Color Wheel

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Primary Colors

Primary color are not mixed from other elements

and they generate other colors

Red

Yellow

Blue

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Secondary Colors

By mixing two primary colors , a secondary color

is created

Red +Yellow = Orange

Yellow +Blue = Green

Blue +Red = Purple

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Red Green

Purple -Yellow

Blue - Orange

Complementary

Complementary colors are opposite on the color

wheel .

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Intermediate Colors

Intermediate , or Tertiary , colors are created by

mixing a primary and a secondary.

Red-Orange

Yellow -Orange

Yellow-Green

Blue-Green

Blue-Purple

Red-Purple

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Neutral Colors

The principles of color mixing let us describe a

variety of colors , but there are still many colors

to explore . The neutral colors contain equalparts of each of the three primary colors . Black ,

white , gray and sometimes brown are

considered neutral.

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ColorTheory

Color WheelColor ValuesColor Schemes

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Color Values

Color Values are the lights and darks of a color

you create by using black and white (neutral)

with a color . This makes hundreds of morecolors from the basic 12 colors of wheel .

White + Color = Tint

Color + Black = Shade

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Tints

Tints are lighted colors . Always begin with white

and add a bit of color to the white until the

desired tint obtained . This is an example of avalue scale for the tints of blue .

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Shades

Shades are darkened colors . Always begin with

the color and add just a bit of black at a time to

get the desired shade of color . This is anexample of a value scale for the shades of blue .

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ColorTheory

Color WheelColor ValuesColor Schemes

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Color Schemes

Color Schemes are a systematic way of using

the color wheel to put colors togetherin your

art work , put together the clothes you wear ,deciding what colors to paint your room

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ColorSchemes

Monochromatic Complementary Analogous Cool and Warm

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Monochromatic

Mono means one, chroma means color

Monochromatic color scheme have only one

color and its values . The following slide shows a

painting done in a monochromatic color scheme .

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Monochromatic

This non-objective

painting has aMonochromatic

color schemeblue

and the values (tints

and shades) of blue .

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Complementary

Complementary colors are opposite on the color

wheel provided a high contrastif you wanted to

be noticed wear complementary colors !

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This painting has

Complementarycolors and their value

blues and oranges .

Complementary

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Analogous

The analogous color scheme is 3-5 colors

adjacent to each other on the color wheel . This

combination of colors provides very little

contrast .

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Analogous

colors are illustratedhere: yellow , yellow-

green , green , and

blue-green .

Analogous

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Warm

Warm colors are found on the right side of the

color wheel . They are colors found in fire and the

sun . Warm colors makes objects look closer in a

painting or drawing .

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This is an illustration

of the use ofWarm

colorsreds ,

oranges and yellows .

Warm

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Cool

Cool colors are found on the left side of the color

wheel . They are the colors found in ice and tend

to recede in a composition.

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Note the

Coolcolor scheme in this

painting (greens ,

purples and blues).

Cool

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Finally , Id like to show you some color palettes that

widely used by web designers .

Color Palette

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Color Palette

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Color Palette

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Credits

Author: WanLin Wang Uestc China

Graphics are illustrator by Lazzelle Parker

2006-9-21