COLOUR THEORY

COLOUR WHEEL

⏣The colour wheel or colourcircle is the basic tool for combining colours.

COLOUR WHEEL – “ITTEN’S COLOUR WHEEL”

⏣The first circular colour diagram was designed by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666.

⏣The colour wheel is designed so that virtually any colours you pick from it will look good together.

COLOUR WHEEL

Georgia O’Keefe Friedensreich Hundertwasser Sondra Delaunay

⏣The most common version is a wheel of 12 colours based on the RYB (or artistic) colour model

COLOUR WHEEL – “ITTEN’S COLOUR WHEEL”

Learning Intention: Develop an understanding and identify the relationships of colourSuccess Criteria: I understand and can identify the relationships of colour on the colour wheel

⏣ The primary colours are red, yellow and blue

⏣ They cannot be made from any other colours.

⏣ All other colours are made from Primary colours.

⏣ They are equal distance from each other on colour wheel.

Learning Intention: To gain an understanding and identify the primary colours and location on the colour wheelSuccess Criteria: I can identify the three primary colours and their location on the colour wheel

PRIMARY COLOURS

⏣ The three secondary coloursare green, orange and violet.

⏣ Secondary colours are made by mixing equal amounts of 2 Primary colours.

⏣ Secondary colours are found between the Primary colours on the Colour Wheel.

SECONDARY COLOURS

Learning Intention: To gain an understanding and identify the secondary colours and location on the colour wheelSuccess Criteria: I can identify the three secondary colours and their location on the colour wheel

⏣ The six tertiary colours are made by mixing one primary colour with an adjacent secondary colour

TERTIARY COLOURS

Learning Intention: To gain an understanding and identify the tertiary colours and location on the colour wheelSuccess Criteria: I can identify the three tertiary colours and their location on the colour wheel

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GREENRED PLUMSKY BLUE

VIOLETBLUE

ORANGE

LIME

TORQUOISEYELLOW BROWN

PRIMARY COLOURS SECONDARY COLOURS TERTIARY COLOURS1 2 3

COLOUR SCHEMES – COMPLEMENTARY

• Complementary colors are opposite on the color wheel provide a high contrast - if you want to be noticed wear complementary colors!

Exercise 1 - Colour Theory• Using the worksheet (ELEMENTS OF ART: COLOUR) you are

to fill in the appropriate colours in the blank spaces of the colour wheel.

• Remember to use an even pressure to build up the colour.• Label the the colours on the Itten’s colour wheel using the

proper colour names.

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Colour Drawing TaskAlternative Colour Wheel Drawing

Create a colour drawing that highlights the primary and secondary colours

Highlight Complementary Colours

• Materials: Colour pencils (for flat planes) and fine liner pens (to outline shapes)

• STYLE: Use Romero Brito’s drawing style (see previous slide) and complete the colour drawing to explore colour theory point above. You may not trace or copy other people artworks (plagerism), but you may use photography as a resource to copy parts to help create your ORIGNAL drawing.

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