1. Elements
of Art
Color

2. To identify and examine concepts of color theory.
Objective:
To identify and examine concepts of color theory.

3. The Color Wheel: Is a way of organizing the colors.
It consists of 12 sections, each containing a Hue.
A Hue is a name of a color on the color wheel.
The Intensity of a color is the brightness or dullness of a color
Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory.

4. Tertiary/Intermediate Colors Red-Orange,Yellow-Orange,
Primary Colors
Red
Yellow
Blue
-Cannot be mixed.
-Can only be purchased.
Secondary Colors
Orange = Red + Yellow
Green = Yellow + Blue
Violet = Red + Blue
-Mixed by combining 2
primary colors.
Tertiary/Intermediate Colors
Red-Orange,Yellow-Orange,
Yellow-Green, Blue-Green,
Blue-Violet & Red-Violet.
-Mixed by combining a
primary color and a
secondary color.

5. Complementary Colors
Complementary colors are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.
The common complementary colors are Red/Green, Yellow/Violet & Orange/Blue.
What are some objects or ideas you can think of that have complementary colors?
Name one for each set.
Hint: Which 2 colors are popular for a holiday in December?

6. Analogous Colors
Analogous Colors are at least 3-4 colors that sit side by side on a color wheel and have one common hue.
Examples:
Red, Red-Orange, Orange
Yellow-Orange, Yellow, Yellow-Green
Green, Blue-Green, Blue
Blue-Violet, Violet, Red-Violet
An analogous color scheme cannot have 2 primary colors in its set.
A Scheme is a set of colors.

7. Warm Colors Cool Colors Warm Colors range from:
Yellow, Yellow-Orange, Orange, Red-Orange, Red, Red-Violet.
Cool Colors range from:
Yellow-Green, Green, Blue-Green, Blue, Blue-Violet, Violet

8. Triadic Harmony
Triadic harmony is a color scheme that creates an equilateral triangle on the color wheel. An example would be the 3 primary colors red, yellow and blue.

9. Neutral Colors
Neutral Colors are not found on the color wheel but are mixed by other colors on the color wheel. They are made by mixing complementary colors on the color wheel. You get different ranges of neutral colors depending the amount of each hue used.
You also change a colors Intensity by adding its complementary color.
Black- is a color. It can be made by mixing all 3 primary colors.
White-is the absence of color. It cannot be made by mixing colors and must be purchased.