Color Theory

DESIGN’S MOST EXCITING ELEMENT!

1. Hue 2. Value 3. Intensity

RED YELLOW BLUE ORANGE GREEN VIOLET H UE :

 the lightness or darkness of a color

HUE WHITE TINT + = T INT :

HUE BLACK SHADE + = ADDING BLACK TO A COLOR

 The brightness or dullness of a color; also called saturation. FUSCHIA = HIGH INTENSITY OLIVE = LOW INTENSITY

 The color wheel is a means of organizing the colors in the spectrum.  The color wheel consists of 12 sections, each containing one hue.

Pure and basic - cannot be made from any other colors All other colors are made from these Equal distance from each other on color wheel RED YELLOW BLUE

Made by mixing equal amounts of 2 primary colors Found halfway between the primary hues on the wheel + = + + = = ORANGE GREEN VIOLET

 This color scheme combines three colors equally spaced out to form a triangle on the color wheel.

They form a triangle on the color wheel. red yellow blue

THE SECONDARY COLOR TRIAD  They form a triangle on the color wheel. orangegreen violet

 Made by mixing primary and secondary colors. Blue Red Yellow Green Violet Orange Yellow-Orange Yellow-Green Blue-Green Blue-Violet Red-Violet Red-Orange

 These colors are yellow- orange, yellow-green, blue- green, blue-violet, red- orange, red-violet  Primary + Secondary = Tertiary yellow + orange = yellow-orange Yellow orange Red orange Red violet Blue violet Blue green Yellow green

 This color scheme uses any hue opposite one another on the color wheel.  Complementary colors are dynamic duos and create energy and contrast when put together.  Mixing Complimentary Colors will give you different kinds of browns. Complimentarys:  Yellow & Violet  Red & Green  Blue & Orange

 This color scheme uses related, or neighboring colors on the color wheel with varying values and intensities of the colors. Red-violet violet blue-violet

 Analagous colors are at least 3 colors that sit side by side on a color wheel and have one common hue.  Example- yellow, yellow-orange, orange  An analogous color scheme cannot have two primary colors in its scheme because the primary colors have nothing in common Yellow Yellow Orange Orange Red Orange

 Analogous colors usually match well and create serene and comfortable designs.

 This is a color scheme that uses different tints, shades and intensities of only one hue.  Mono =One  Chroma = Color Blue Blue+white Blue+black

 A value scale is a scale of grays running from black to white.

White Black Gray Brown Neutral Colors are those colors not found on the color wheel but are mixed by other colors on the color wheel.

The color wheel can be divided into warm and cool colors

 Appear hot like the sun or like fire  Give feelings of joy, activity or cheerfulness as well as anger or rage  Appear to advance

 Remind us of water, sky, or ice  Give feelings of tranquility and peacefulness, as well as sadness and despair  Appear to recede

 You will be creating a color theory painting using several of these color schemes  The color schemes you must include are: Color Wheel Value Scale (Gray or Color) Complementary colors Analogous colors  You may do a painting of whatever you like and you may organize the color schemes in any way you choose

Do you see???

Mary Cassatt

Childe Hassam

Henri Matisse

Edward Munch

Henri Rousseau

Roy Lichtenstein Hopeless, 1963

Bonnard

Romaire Bearden

Van Gogh

Robert Henri

Gustav Klimt

Robert Delauny

George Seurat

Ferdinand Leger

Marc Chagall

Roy Lichtenstein

Paul Gauguin

Mark Rothko

Arthur Dove