1. Color Theory
Ms. Stanberry

2. Primary Colors: Colors at their basic essence;
those colors that cannot be created by mixing others...
red, blue, yellow

3. Secondary Colors The colors achieved by a mixture of two primaries...
violet, orange, green

4. Tertiary Colors
The colors achieved by a mixture of primary and secondary hues..
red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange

5. Complementary Colors
The colors located opposite each other on a color wheel.
Christmas
Red and Green
Easter
Violet and Yellow
Football
Blue and Orange

6. Hue
Pure color without the addition of black, white, or gray.

7. Color (Hue) with white added.
Tint
Color (Hue) with white added.

8. Color (Hue) with gray or its
Tone
Color (Hue) with gray or its
complement added.
Tint
Shade is when black is added to a color (hue)

9. The relative darkness or lightness of a color.
Value
The relative darkness or lightness of a color.
Monochromatic

10. Warm Colors
The colors between yellow and red-purple make up the warm colors.

11. Alphonse
Mucha

12. Cool Colors
The colors from yellow-green to purple are usually called cool colors.

13. Georgia O’Keeffe

14. Milton Avery

15. Rothko

16. Winslow Homer

17. Van Gough

20. Exploring Color Theory http://donnayoung.org/art/color-theory.htm
Resource
Exploring Color Theory