1. Colour Theory

3. Primary Colours
Colours at their basic essence; those colours that cannot be created by mixing others.

4. Colours achieved by a mixture of
Secondary Colours
Colours achieved by a mixture of
two primaries.

5. Tertiary Colours
Colours achieved by a mixture of primary and secondary hues.

6. Complementary Colours
Colours located opposite each other
on a colour wheel.

7. Saturation tells how pure or full a colour is

8. Value tells how intensive, or light a surface is

9. Changes in value, whether sudden or gradual, can add greatly
to the visual impact of art forms. Changes in value can also be
used to help the artist express an idea.

10. Saturation and Value

11. Shade: A hue produced by the addition of black.
Tint:
A hue produced by the addition of white.

12. Warm and cool colours

13. Colour Harmonies Monochromatic Analogous Complementary
Split Complementary
Triadic

14. Monochromatic Relationship
Colours that are shade or tint variations of the same hue

18. La Grotte De La Loue , 1481 - Gustave Courbet. Courbet

19. Picasso

21. Robert Coane

22. Carolus-Duran

23. Analogous Relationship
Colours located adjacent to each other on a colour wheel.

26. Houses in Provence, Paul Cezanne

27. Complementary Relationship
Those colours across from each other on a colour wheel.

28. Georgia O'Keeffe Leaves of a Plant

31. Chagal

32. Split Complementary
Split complementary groupings have a colour and the two colours adjacent to that colours complement. Example: Yellow/Red Violet/Blue Violet.

35. Triadic Relationship
Three hues equally positioned on a colour wheel.

37. La Mousmé , 1815 - Vincent Van Gogh.

38. Simultaneous Contrast
Notice how the red on the right responds to its association with blue

39. Another example
Identical colors appear to shift when framed by different backgrounds or patterns. This is called "simultaneous contrast" and has a variety of affects on how we see things.

40. The round dots are all exactly the same color gray
The round dots are all exactly the same color gray. I merely created the one on the extreme right and then copied it to each of the darker rectangles.

41. Take the After Image Test Stare at this image for at least 20 seconds.

44. Tonality
Dominant colour
Sub-dominant colours
Accent

46. Colour Discord
Purposeful juxtaposition of colours to create a negative reaction or even a feeling of vibration; typically achieved through paring of colours which are widely separated on the colour wheel but not complements (such as orange and red-purple).

49. Emotional Response to Colour
Sandy Skoglund, Revenge

50. Sandy Skoglund, Radioactive Cats, 1980 Cibachrome print, 30 X 40 in.

53. Close your eyes

54. "Harlequin,"
1927,
oil on canvas

55. "Vertical and Diagonal Planes," by Kupka

56. "Star Dancer with Her Dance School,"
by Francis Picabia

57. Dancer-Airplane Propeller-Sea by Gino Severini,

58. La tristesse du roi (Matisse)