Color Theory Day!
*Primary – First or highest rank of importance: Chief: Principal Primary Colors *Primary – First or highest rank of importance: Chief: Principal Primary Colors- a color that in a mixture makes all other colors. (red, yellow or blue)
not primary or original Secondary Colors *Secondary- Derived or derivative: not primary or original Secondary Colors- a color produced by mixing two primary colors. (orange, green or violet)
Tertiary colors *Tertiary- of the third order, rank, stage, formation, etc.; third Tertiary colors- When a primary color is combined with a secondary color the result is a tertiary. (Red-orange, yellow-green…)
Complimentary Colors Colors opposite each other on the color wheel
Monochromatic Colors Tints and shades of a single hue
Analogous Color Schemes Sit next to each other on the color wheel.
Local Color Colors that are actually present in the object you are drawing. The natural color of an object unmodified by adding any distortion
Neutrals…. Neutral colors include black, white, gray, and sometimes brown and beige. They are sometimes called “earth tones.” Grays, Browns, tans,…
Tint Tone Shade
Color Theory Examples
Fernand Léger - L'escalier (1913)
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–1886, at The Art Institute of Chicago
Regina Valluzi. Coil to Globule. 16 x 12 inches, oil and alkyd on linen
Pablo Picasso, “The Old Guitarist”
Vincent van Gogh Self portrait with bandaged ear
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Sunflowers or Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers (1888), National Gallery (London)