1. COLOR THEORY

2. Color Wheel

3. * The first color wheel was created by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666
a way of illustrating and organizing colors around a circle. Used to show the relationships between primary, secondary and tertiary colors.
* The first color wheel was created by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666

4. THE PRIMARY COLORS

5. *mixing all three primary colors will make brown
THE PRIMARY COLORS
RED, YELLOW, & BLUE
*mixing all three primary colors will make brown

6. THE SECONDARY COLORS

7. ORANGE, GREEN & VIOLET (PURPLE)
THE SECONDARY COLORS
ORANGE, GREEN & VIOLET (PURPLE)

8. ORANGE, GREEN & VIOLET (PURPLE)
THE SECONDARY COLORS
ORANGE, GREEN & VIOLET (PURPLE)
*Mixing two primary colors together will get
you a secondary color.
RED + YELLOW = ORANGE
RED + BLUE = VIOLET
YELLOW + BLUE = GREEN

9. TERTIARY COLORS

10. TERTIARY COLORS
Mixing a PRIMARY color with a SECONDARY color. Tertiary colors are named by saying the PRIMARY COLOR FIRST

11. TERTIARY COLORS red-orange, red-violet yellow-orange, yellow-green,
blue-green, blue-violet

12. TERTIARY COLORS

14. COMPLIMENTARY COLORS

15. colors that are directly opposite each other on a color wheel
COMPLIMENTARY COLORS
colors that are directly opposite each other on a color wheel

16. What is an example of a complimentary color?
*mixing complimentary colors will make GRAY

17. ANALOGOUS COLORS

18. any three colors that are next to each other on a color wheel
ANALOGOUS COLORS
any three colors that are next to each other on a color wheel

19. ANALOGOUS COLORS

20. What are the 3 WARM Colors?

21. What are the 3 WARM Colors?
Red
Orange
Yellow

22. What are the 3 COOL Colors?

23. What are the 3 COOL Colors?
Green
Blue
Purple

25. “The art of tomorrow will be a collective treasure or it wont be art at all.” -Victor Vasarely
Victor Vasarely (1908b-1997d)
Op Art
The inventor of Op art during the 1050’s.
He produced hard edge painting designed to create powerful optical illusions.
is an abstract art based on mathematics.
Usually simple forms are repeated and along with colors often create vibrating effects.

26. Focal Point: the center of interest or activity.
Visual Perception: Artworks that examine the subjectivity of the human visual process and its effect on art practice.
Depth Perception: is the visual ability to perceive the world in three dimensions (3D) and the distance of an object.

29. DEPTH-How deep or three-dimensional an artwork looks
DEPTH-How deep or three-dimensional an artwork looks. The illusion of space can be created using color, line, and shape.
VALUE-Refers to the lightness and darkness of what is seen.
CONTRAST- art experts refer to the arrangement of opposite elements (light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc.) in a piece so as to create visual interest, excitement and drama.
The colors white and black provide the greatest degree of contrast. Complimentary Colors also highly contrast with one another.