Element of Color The most universally appreciated element: • An infant will reach out for a brightly colored object

• Color give us an immediate emotional reaction– Pleasing rhythms and Harmonies of color satisfy our visual tastes and

desires– We like certain color combinations and reject others

• Colors help identify objects and creates an illusion of space

Where does color come from?

Color begins with and comes

from LIGHT:-Where there is little light there

is little color and difficult to

distinguish each,

-Strong light it can be quite

intense.

A gradual blending of the major colors

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Blue-Violet Violet (indigo)

Spectrum:

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Additive ColorWhen…

artists or scientists work with RAYS of

colored light

What is it when the colors of the

spectrum are pure and are at there

fullest?

RedGreen Blue

Additive Primaries?

Intensity, Brightness or

Saturation

From Direct Light source

Cones & Rods

From Direct Light source

Subtractive

• What we already know about mixing colors

Tone

How color effect each otherComplimentary Colors (high contrast)

Analogous (low contrast)

How color effect each otherEmphasis Colors

How color effect each otherWhat is the color?

Mixing color with the eyes

1. Pigment color mixing

2. Optical color mixing

Optical Color Mixing

Impressionists: Monet, Renoir, Pissaro, Dega, Cezanne and others.

• Claude Monet was the inventor of Impressionism• Recorded the passing of time as light is seen passing over objects

• By 1886: accepted as serious artists• 40 views of The Rouen Cathedral

(different times of day and weather conditions)