COLORSCOLORSCOLORSCOLORS Ms. Gill’s Art Class

COLOR Element of art comprising hues produced through the reflection of light to the eye

Sir Isaac Newton Discovered that a thin beam of sunlight passed through a glass prism produced an oblong spectrum of colors--red, yellow, green, blue, and violet-- that formed on the opposite wall.

How As the white light travels from the air to the prism, the light slows down as it enters the prism. It enters the prism at an angle and this slowing makes it change direction as well as speed. This bending called refraction is determined by the wavelength and the angle the light hits the surface of the prism. Each color has a different wavelength so the colors disperse at different angles according to their wave lengths.

Hue Pure color

Primary Colors Red Yellow Blue

Secondary Colors ORANGEGREENVIOLET

Primary+Primary = Secondary

Red + Yellow = Orange Yellow + Blue = Green Red + Blue = Violet

INTERMEDIATE COLORS Red violet Blue violet Red orange Yellow orange Blue green Yellow green

Primary + Secondary = Intermediate

Red + Violet = Red Violet Blue + Violet = Blue Violet Red + Orange = Red Orange Yellow + Orange = yellow Orange Blue + Green = Blue Green Yellow + Green = Yellow Green

Complementary Colors Directly opposite one another on the color wheel

Complementaries “react” with each other more vividly than other colors Tension

Complementary Colors Red and green Violet and yellow Blue and orange

Analogous Colors Colors that are close together on the color wheel

Analogous Colors Red, red orange and orange Blue, blue green and green Yellow, yellow orange and orange