An Element of Art

COLOUR WHEEL

VALUE

The lightness or darkness of a colour

INTENSITY

The purity of a hue

HUE

Refers to the names of colours

PRIMARYRed

Yellow

Blue

SECONDARY Orange Violet Green

SANDY SCHIMMEL

Communication Pink and Yellow

COMPLIMENTARY

Colours opposite on the colour wheel

Orange & Blue

Green & Red

Enhance each other when placed

together

AUGUSTE RENOIRFruits from the Midi, 1881

Cool colours contrast with warm colours

Complementary colours show depth and volume for example the shadow of a green apple will contain some red.

White is a highlight

Dark forms have contrast against lightness.

Warm colours project forward, Cool colours recede

Franz Marc

The Large Blue

Horses 1911

• Arbitrary Colour has no realistic or natural relation to the object that is depicted but may have emotional or expressive significance

• Complementary Colours make each other appear brighter and more intense when placed next to each other.

Gustav KimtJudith,1909

• Decorative use of colour

Howard Arkley

Tom Roberts Shearing the Rams,1890

• Descriptive

colour used to

suggest the hot

dry dusty

atmosphere

Janet LaurenceVerdant Studio 2003

• Cool colour• Monochromatic: various values

of the same hue – dark to light

• White to create emphasis

• Secondary colour

Jeffrey SmartStudy for Holiday

• Warm colours dominant

• Blue is complementary and used to highlight

Vincent van GoghSunflowers, 1888

• Emotional use of colour to express feelings about a subject rather than to describe

• ‘Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before my eyes, I use colour more arbitrarily to express myself forcibly.’

- Vincent van Gogh

Pablo Picasso The Tragedy,1903 (Blue Period)

• Symbolic colour used to suggest the sombre mood and sadness

• Monochromatic colour scheme

ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

• Natural hues

• Range of shades

• White used to highlight

• Cool colours