1. COLOR SCHEMES
Corr, artist from the Caribbean

2. Color is the reflection or refraction of light.

3. Aspects of Color Hue: Is the name of a spectral color.
Intensity: How pure a color is,or how bright or dull
Value:Light and dark, referred to as tone.

4. Hue: spectral name of each color
red
yellow
blue

5. Intensity: How pure or bright a color is
Intensity: How pure or bright a color is. You dull a color by adding its’ opposite color on the color wheel
African painting

6. Without value you would not see this painting by Picasso
“Guernica” by Pablo Picasso

7. Primary Colors: Colors at their basic essence; those colors that cannot be created by mixing others...
Red
Yellow
Blue

8. These three colors when mixed make the other colors.

9. Secondary Colors: The colors achieved by a mixture of two primaries...
Orange
Violet
Green

10. When mixing, use equal amounts of each primary.+ = + = = +

11. Intermediate or Tertiary Colors: The colors achieved by a mixture of primary and secondary hues..
Red-orange
Red-violet
Yellow-orange
Blue-violet
Yellow-green
Blue-green

12. Or you can mix unequal amounts of primary colors to achieve an intermediate color.= = = = = =

13. Warm Colors The colors between yellow and red-purple make up the warm colors.
Warm colors rev us up and get us going. The warmth of red, yellow, or orange can create excitement or even anger.

14. Cool Colors The colors from yellow-green to purple are usually called cool colors
Cool colors are made with blue, green, purple, or some combination of these. Cool colors might make you think of cool and peaceful things, like winter skies and still ponds.

15. Monochromatic Color: One color plus it’s tints, tones, and shades

16. Complementary Colors: The colors located opposite each other on a color wheel
Red
Green
Orange – Blue
Violet - Yellow

17. Analogous Colors: The colors located close together on a color wheel and have a color in common
Remember you can start your sequence anywhere, just make sure that you don’t skip a color. Usually a sequence consist of 3 – 5 colors.

18. Triadic Colors: These are the colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel.
Primary Triad
Tertiary Triad
Secondary Triad
Tertiary Triad

19. Identify the color schemes in each of the artworks.
Identify the colors used
How do the colors relate to each
other on the color wheel

20. Violet, Orange, Green
Secondary Triad
Vincent Van Gogh, Irises 1889

21. Green, Blue-green, Blue
Analogous
Claude Monet, Water Lilies 1906

22. Light Blue, Blue, Dark Blue
Monochromatic
Georgia O’Keefe, White Rose with Larkspur

23. Red, Green
Complementary
Van Gogh, Night Café

24. Blue, Blue-green, Green Analogous
Georgia O’Keefe, Cottonwoods III 1943