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Hue The name of a pure color is HUE. For example, blue, red, yellow, etc. Primary colors are : Red, Yellow, Blue. They are called primary because they cannot be made from any other colors. Secondary colors are: Orange, Green, Purple They are the result of mixing the Primary colors.
Piet Mondrian PRIMARY COLORS
SECONDARY COLORS
Color wheel of Primary,Secondary and Tertiary color primary Secondary secondary
COMPLEMENTARY COLORS Complementary colors are ACROSS from one another on the color wheel. They can be mixed to darken either color, or in equal proportions, used to make neutrals: brown, black and gray. There are 3 sets of complements: RED & GREEN YELLOW & PURPLE BLUE & ORANGE
6 th Grade student project
TINTS AND TONES Tints are created when is added to a pure HUE (or color) Tones are created when BLACK is added to a pure HUE (or color)
Monochromatic paintings using tints and tones
COOL COLORS Cool colors are BLUE, GREEN, and PURPLE
Henri Rousseau The Waterfall Pablo Picasso The Old Guitarist
Joseph Stella Brooklyn BridgeHenri Matisse View of Notre Dame
WARM COLORS Warm colors are RED, YELLOW, and ORANGE
Vincent Van Gogh Sunflowers Georgia O’Keeffe Poppies
Henri Matisse The Red Studio Miriam Schapiro Homage to Goncharova
Colors may be used to show a mood, feeling or an emotion. Edvard Munch The ScreamHenri-Charles Manguin View over Grimand
Analogous Colors Analogous colors are any 3 colors next to one another on the color wheel
Paul Cezanne Landscape Georgia O'Keeffe Red Canna
6 th Grade student work