Element-Color

With Color Schemes

Color Wheel

Artists bend the color spectrum into a circle which organizes the colors

Color wheel organization

Yellow-orange

orange

yello

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Colors are arranged on the color wheel by how they are mixed together

COLOR WHEEL

When the spectrum is organized as a color wheel, the colors are divided into groups called primary, secondary and intermediate colors.

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PRIMARY COLORS

Primary colors are the colors yellow, red and blue These colors can not be made by mixing other

colors…..however, it is possible to mix all the other colors of the

spectrum using the primary colors.

RedBlue

Yellow

SECONDARY COLORS

• Colors made by mixing two different primary colors

ORANGEGREEN

VIOLET

INTERMEDIATE COLORS

• Intermediate colors are made by mixing one primary color and one secondary color.

secondary

Yellow-orange

Red-orange

Yellow-green

Blue-green

Blue-violet Red-violet

Color SchemesColors artists group together that look good when put with one another

• Triad, complementary, analogous, split complementary,• Warm, cool, monochromatic,• Neutral

Triad Color Scheme

Any three colors spaced at an equal distance on the color wheel such as the primary colors, or the secondary colors.

Piet Mondrian, Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow c. 1930

Complementary Color SchemeTwo colors opposite each other on the

color wheel

Vincent van Gogh, Night Cafe

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Boating on the Seine

Analogous Color SchemeThree colors that are next to each other on the color

wheel: the colors have a common hue.

Yellow-green, green, blue-green

Warm Color SchemeColors associated with warm things: fire, sun,

heat

Cool Color Scheme Colors associated with cool

things-such as ice and grass

Split ComplementaryColor Scheme

One color and the two colors on each side of its complement

Red-orange, yellow-orange, blue

Split complementary color scheme with yellow, red-violet and blue violet

Neutral Color Scheme

Colors such as black, white, gray, or brown that are not on the spectrum.

Monochromatic color scheme

One color and all its tints and shades

What color scheme is used?

John BiggersShotgun, Third Ward #11966

Artistic expression

• Colors can make us think of certain things or feel a certain way.

• What do you think of when you see these colors:

• Red/green • Blue/gold• Black• Pink• Blue• Yellow• Gray• Red

Pablo PicassoThe Old Guitarist, 1903Oil on panel, 48”x32 1/2”The Art Institute of Chicago

Critique this painting by Picasso.Look closely at the color and values usedThink about why he used only the color blue

Would Picasso’s Man with Guitar look as sad if he chose a different color?