1. The wonderful world of
color theory

2. White light actually contains all the colors we naturally see

3. When an object gets hit by light, it will absorb a lot of the colors but reflect some back.
The color it reflects is the colour we see.

5. The colors we see are actually different levels of energy bouncing off of objects around us.
Different animals can see into the ultraviolet and/or infrared colors as well. This means that they can see colors that do not exist to the human eye!

6. The Color Wheel There are 12 hues in the spectrum of color.
They are divided into three categories…

7. The primary colors are the 3 colors that cannot be created by mixing other colors together
They are red, yellow and blue

9. The secondary colors are created by mixing 2 primary colors together
Eg: blue and yellow make green
The secondary colors are green, violet and orange

11. The Intermediate colors are created by mixing a primary and a secondary color together
Eg: blue and green make blue-green
Intermediate colors are named “primary first”
The intermediate colors are yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange.

13. Complimentary Color Scheme
Complimentary colors are any 2 colors opposite each other on a color wheel
Complimentary colors “pop” - they are exciting.
Complimentary color pairs are: Red and Green, Yellow and Purple, Blue and Orange

16. Neutral Colors

17. Color and Value
Colors have their own natural value i.e. yellow is lighter in value than blue.
Individual hues can be made lighter or darker by adding white or black
Tint = white + hue and is lighter
Shade = Black + hue and is darker

18. Which is an example of a tint value scale and which on is a shade value scale?

19. Monochromatic What does mono mean?
A color scheme of different values of a single color.
Strong unifying effect on an image

23. When complimentary colours are mixed, they make a dull muddy colour.
Notice how these colours become very dull in the middle where they mix

24. Analogous Colour Scheme
any 3-5 colours beside each other on a 12 part colour wheel
basically - a few colours close together

28. Warm vs. Cool Colours
The colour wheel is split in two with warm on one side and cool on the other.
Warmer colour approach viewer while cooler colours recede.

29. Warmth and Excitement
Warmer colours are exciting while cooler colours are calmer
Human eyes are naturally attracted to red

31. Cool and Relaxation Cool colours have a calming effect
Hospitals use a blue green paint on their walls for this reason

34. Warm mourning dove
Cool mourning dove

35. Colours are affected by the colours around them
The perceptions of the values and hues of a certain colour can be altered by placing different colours nearby

36. Squares A and B are actually the same colour

37. A rectangle of the same colour now connects squares A and B

38. The 2 circles here are the same colour

39. When a colour is placed next to its complementary colour it will “pop”
When a colour is placed next to an analogous colour, the effect is much more subdued