1. COLOR

2. As light strikes various objects, some
colors are absorbed while others are
reflected away. We see the colors
that are reflected away.

3. Hue
The name of a color.

4. Value How light or dark a color is. You change value by adding
white (tint) or black (shade)
to a color.

5. Intensity
How bright or dull a color is.

6. Primary Colors The 3 colors used to make all other colors.
Red, Blue, Yellow

7. Primary Triad

8. David Hockney
The Big Splash

9. Gerritt Reitveld
Red and Blue Chair

10. Secondary Colors The 3 colors created by mixing two primary colors.
Yellow + Red = Orange
Yellow + Blue = Green
Blue + Red = Violet

11. Secondary Triad

12. Georgia O’Keefe
Sunflower

13. Mary Cassatt
Lilacs in a Window

14. Intermediate Colors Colors created by mixing one primary
and one secondary color.
When naming these colors, always
start with the primary color.

15. Intermediate Colors Red Violet Red Orange Blue Violet Yellow Orange
Blue Green
Yellow Green

16. Complementary Colors Colors that are directly opposite each
other on the color wheel.
Red and Green
Yellow and Violet
Blue and Orange

18. Claude Monet
London, Houses of Parliament

19. Vincent van Gogh
The Night Cafe

20. Analogous Colors Any three colors next to each other
on the color wheel. They share the
same base color. For Example:
Red Violet, Red, Red Orange.

23. Vincent van Gogh
Vase with Irises

24. John Severson
Close-Out

25. r
Tint
To make a color lighter by adding
white pigment.

26. Tint

27. r
Shade
To make a color darker by adding
black pigment.

28. Shade