Color

What would the world be like without any color?

When light is reflected off an object, color is what the eye sees. Color is a part of light. Without light there would be NO color. Color is a perception, a response of the brain to data received by the visual systems. Just as artificial flavors evoke a similar smell to real foods, or as artificial sugar stimulates our sense of sweetness, so different combinations of light can be perceived as the same "color". What is real is that objects emit light in various mixtures of wavelengths. Our minds perceive those wavelength mixtures as a phenomenon we call color, and this perception creates questions that color theory tries to explain.

The color in paints, markers, crayons (etc) are made from pigments. Pigments are a powder that is added to a vehicle (or binder, example is wax or acrylic paint), a relatively neutral or colorless material that suspends the pigment and gives the paint its adhesion.

Primary colors are yellow blue and Red You can't make them by mixing any other colors ALL other colors (thousands) are made from the primary colors

Secondary colors are PURPLE, GREEN and Orange Secondary colors are made by mixing the primary colors together EXAMPLE RED+Yellow makes orange Mixing secondary colors together will create a tertiary color. Example Orange +red=red/orange

A color wheel is a A color wheel is a tool often used by artists and students. A color wheel is a diagram that displays a layout of colors and explains their relationship to each other. Color wheels often show (at minimum) primary, secondary and tertiary colors. They can be used to show which colors come together to form other colors and which colors make up color schemes that are visually acceptable to humans. Sir Isaac Newton developed the first circular diagram of colors in 1666

COLOR SCHEMES are a planned combination of color SOME POPULAR COLOR SCHEMES INCLUDE…. Complimentary color schemes Warm/cool colors schemes Monochromatic color schemes

Complimentary color schemes are colors OPPOSITE of each other on the color wheel RED with Green Orange with BLUE Yellow with Purple

Warm and cool color schemes are colors next to each other on the color wheel YELLOW ORANGE AND RED are warm color schemes and give the feeling of warmth, happiness, vibrancy BLUE GREEN AND PURPLE are the cool color schemes and give the feeling of quietness, coolness, calmness

Monochromatic means A monochromatic object or image has colors in shades of limited colors or hues. In order to make a monochromatic painting you need to mix TINTS AND SHADES of one color……..

TINTS AND SHADES are created by adding white and black to a color A tint is adding WHITE to a color so PINK is a TINT of Red A shade is adding Black to a color so Maroon is a SHADE of red.

There are thousands of other color schemes that exist Your room might be decorated with a color scheme…. AN album cover uses a color scheme Holidays show us color schemes.

So how do colors affect our moods and feelings? Think about it…. When you go to a fast food restaurant like McDonalds, how do those colors make you feel?

What sort of colors do you see in a hospital or bank?

What about sad days, what colors you think of?

What feelings do these colors give you?

How about these?

Don’t believe colors affect people’s moods and feelings? A factory in the United States changed the color of the bathrooms to an unpleasant green and saw production increase by 8%. Customers of a coffee house constantly complained about the cool temperature in the room. At that time, the walls were painted a light blue. After changing the color to orange, there were no more complaints. The color yellow can cause nausea, so it is avoided in airplanes. Black boxes seemed heavier to workmen than green boxes filled with the same material. Red can make you hungry, while the opposite color, green, suppresses it. The color red can also increase your muscle reaction, make you want to gamble more, and raise your blood pressure. Blue has the opposite effect. Blue street lighting resulted in lower crime rates in Glascow in Blue conveys trust and reliability. Green is believed to increase concentration.

Some other facts about color…. Humans, apes, most old world monkeys, ground squirrels, and many species of fish, birds, and insects have well-developed color vision. However, it's worth noting that 7 or 8 percent of human males are relatively or completely deficient in color vision Mammals with limited color vision or none at all include mice, rats, rabbits, cats, and dogs. Nocturnal animals - such as foxes, owls, skunks, and raccoons - whose vision is specialized for dim light seldom have good color vision. By comparison, humans are color- blind in dim light.

So what would the world be like without any color?

One last thing…do you have a favorite color? RED: warmth, love, anger, danger, boldness, excitement, speed, strength, energy, determination, desire, passion, courage ORANGE: cheerfulness, low cost, affordability, enthusiasm, stimulation, creativity, aggression, food YELLOW: attention-grabbing, comfort, liveliness, cowardliness, hunger, optimism, overwhelm, Summer, comfort, liveliness, intellect, happiness, energy, conflict GREEN: durability, reliability, environmental, luxurious, optimism, well-being, nature, calm, relaxation, Spring, safety, honesty, optimism, harmony, freshness BLUE: peace, professionalism, loyalty, reliability, honor, melancholia, boredom, coldness, Winter, depth, stability, professionalism, honor, trust PURPLE: power, royalty, nobility, elegance, sophistication, artificial, luxury, mystery, royalty, elegance, magic GRAY: conservatism, traditionalism, intelligence, serious, dull, uninteresting BROWN: relaxing, confident, casual, reassuring, nature, earthy, solid, reliable, genuine, Autumn, endurance BLACK: Elegance, sophistication, formality, power, strength, illegality, depression, morbidity, night, death WHITE: Cleanliness, purity, newness, virginity, peace, innocence, simplicity, sterility, snow, ice, cold