 What is color anyway? › Color is an element of art › Color is produced by the way our vision responds to different wavelengths of light.

 The Spectrum  When a ray of light passes through a prism and is broken up into bands of color.

 Neutrals are created by different amounts of light  3 Neutrals are: › black › white › gray

 Color is an Element of art with three properties; › Hue › Intensity › Value

 Hue › The name of the color  For example red, yellow, blue

 Intensity › The strength, brightness, or purity of a color. › Changing a color’s value can change its intensity.

 Value › The lightness or darkness of the color.

 Tints › The light values of a color. › In painting, they can be achieved by adding white to a hue.  Baby blue  Pink  Shade › The dark values of a color. › In painting, shades can be achieved through mixing black with a color.  Navy Blue  Burgundy

 When the spectrum is organized as a color wheel, the colors are divided into groups or harmonies.  Some of these groups are: › Primary colors › Secondary colors › Tertiary colors › Analogous colors › Complimentary colors

 ALL colors begin with the primaries.  Primary colors are the three colors that cannot be achieved through mixing.  They are pure and are the basis of the color wheel.  These primary colors are: › RED › BLUE › YELLOW

 Secondary colors are those colors that are achieved through mixing any two of the primaries together.  The secondary colors are: › Orange › Green › Purple

 Tertiary colors result from the equal mixture of a primary color with a secondary color adjacent to it on a color wheel.  Tertiary colors are: › Red Orange › Yellow Orange › Yellow Green › Blue Green › Blue Violet › Red Violet

 Combinations of color that can be defined by their positions on the color wheel.  These color typically work well together.  Some examples are: › Monochromatic › Analogous › Complementary colors › Triadic › Split Complementary › Warm Colors › Cool Colors

 When only one hue, plus black and white, is used in an artwork.

 Two or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.  They have one color in common.  For example, blue, blue-green, and green all have the color blue in common and are therefore analogous to each other.

 Complementary colors › Colors that are directly opposite of each other on the color wheel › Complementary colors to each other are:  Red and Green  Blue and Orange  Violet and Yellow › When complements are mixed together they form the neutral colors of brown or gray.

 A triadic color scheme uses colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.

 A split complementary includes 3 colors. One is on the opposite side of two that are adjacent to the direct opposite (i.e. green, red orange, and red violet)

 Warm colors are vivid and energetic, and tend to advance in space.  Possible emotions: passionate, optimistic, excited, angry, violent.  Examples are the 6 colors: Yellow, yellow- orange, orange, red-orange, red, and red-violet.

 Earthy colors that are calm and soothing.  Possible emotions: sad, impersonal, and relaxed  Examples: Violet, blue-violet, blue, blue- green, green, and yellow-green