[Color]

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Color is……

• the element of art that refers to reflected light.

Color theory?

• If color theory is simplified, it can be broken down into 3 parts- The color wheel, color value, and color schemes. Each part of color theory builds on the previous. Undrestanding each section of color theory fully, will help you better understand the importance of color theory on the whole.

Color Wheel..

• The color wheel was developed by Sir Isaac Newton by taking the color spectrum and bending it into a circle. If you follow around the color wheel, you will find the same order of the color spectrum- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo(blue-violet), and violet.

Primary Colors • Red,• Yellow• Blue• All colors are

made out of these three colors.

• Secondary Colors• The mixture of

yellow and blue makes GREEN,

• The mixture of yellow and red makes ORANGE,

• The mixture of red and blue makes PURPLE.

• Tertiary colors are intermediate colors made out of secondary and primary colors. A tertiary color is a color made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color

Value

• Value is the lightness or darkness of the color. The lightest value of the color is almost white and the darkest value is almost black.

Value

There are two types of value:

• Tint• Shade

• Adding white to a color creates a tint. Adding black creates a shade. For example pink is a tint of red; maroon is a shade of red. See the tints and shades of blue

Tint

Shade

Color Schemes…

Color schemes are ways colors are put together in an intelligent way

Color Schemes…

Monochromatic- literally means one (mono) color (chroma). So a monochromatic color scheme is made up of one color and it’s shades and tints.

Color Schemes…

Analogous colors- are colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. When used as a color scheme, analogous colors can be dramatic. Ex. Blue, blue-green, green, and yellow-green; red, red-purple, purple, blue-purple

Color Schemes…

Analogous colors

Color Schemes…

Complementary colors- are colors found directly across from each other on the color wheel. Complementary color scheme provide strong contrast. Ex. Blue and orange, red and green, yellow-green and red-purple

Color Schemes…

Complementary Colors

Color Schemes…

Color triads- consist of three colors found on the color wheel that are equally spaced apart from each other. Ex. Red, blue and yellow or orange, green and purple.

Color Schemes…

Color Schemes…

Warm colors- colors that are usually associated with warm things. Ex. Red, yellow, orange

Color Schemes…

Cool colors- colors that are usually associated with cool things. Ex. Blue, purple, green

[Texture]

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Texture…

Is the tactile quality of a surface, such as rough, smooth, sticky, fuzzy, soft or slick. Like line, texture can be real or implied. A real texture is one that can be felt, such as a piece of sandpaper, a woven mat, or animal fur. In an artwork, real texture can be created through thickly applied paint, glossy glazes, and gluing objects to the surface. Implied texture is an illusion of texture created by an artist. As you can see below, this artist created a sense of smooth water and prickly grass.

Let´s check some examples…|

Soft

Fuzzy

Rough

Using Texture in an artwork…

Goodman, SidneyThe Artist's Parents in the Store1973-75Oil on canvas58 1/2 x 77 in (148.6 x 195.6 cm)The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

Kiefer, AnselmYour Golden Hair, Margarete1981Oil, emulsion, and straw on canvas51 3/16 x 67 in. (130 x 170 cm)Collection Sanders, Amsterdam

• Willem de KooningAmerican, born Netherlands, 1904–1997

• Excavation, 1950• Oil on canvas

205.7 x 254.6 cm (81 x 100 1/4 in.), unframedSigned: recto: "de Kooning" (bottom right in black paint); not inscribed on versoMr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize Fund; restricted gifts of Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Noah Goldowsky, Jr., 1952.1