1. Colours speak all languages. (Joseph Addison)
Colour is all. When color is right, form is right. Colour is everything, colour is vibration like music; everything is vibration. (Marc Chagall)
Colours speak all languages. (Joseph Addison)

2. Colour depends on light, because it is made of light.
There must be light in order for us to see colour.
The whiter the light the more true the colours will be.
Hue, Value and Intensity are the three main characteristics of colour.
Look Up Spectrum in Glossary

3. Colour Spectrum - spreads from infrared to ultraviolet

4. Colour Mixing and the Color Wheel
The coluor wheel is a tool artists use
to learn the relationships of colors
to each other.
The coluor wheel is set up in a
Circle using the Primary Colours,
Red – Yellow – Blue and usually
the Secondary Colours, Green –
Orange and Purple.
In this color wheel the tertiary
Or intermediate colours are also
shown – Red-Violet, Blue-Violet,
Yellow-Orange, Red Orange,
Blue-Green, and Yellow-Green

5. It's easy to mix paints to make new colours.
You can use the primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) plus black and white to get all of the colors of the rainbow.

6. Mixing Colours Red Yellow Blue = Primary Colors Purple Green Orange =
Secondary
Colors

7. Neutrals
Black, white, brown and gray are not true colours (or hues). They are considered to be neutral, achromatic colours.
Typically, the Neutral Colours are Black, White, Brown and Gray. They are not on the colour wheel because they are neutral and independent from the Primary Colours. Neutral Colours coordinate with all colors. Neutral Colours do not "clash" with any colours. Neutral Colours also do not "make" any "new" colors by mixing them together. Neutral Colors do produce variations of existing colours.

8. Intensity refers to the brightness or dullness of a colour
Intensity refers to the brightness or dullness of a colour. An example is bright red (or dull red).
You can reduce the intensity of a
Colour by mixing together
Complimentary colours. This makes the colour duller or not as bright.
Reducing the intensity and Neutralizing
a colour are considered the same.
This also produces neutrals, also
called TONES.

9. Tones By mixing complimentary colours you can develop a
whole tonal range of colours
called Tones.
Tones are mixtures of
complimentary colours that
reduce the intensity (brightness)
of colours.
Tones
Here, blue and
orange have
been mixed
together to give
a whole range
of tones.
This method is
also called
neutralizing colours
because many become
neutral colours in the process.

10. Making Colours Lighter or Darker
Or --- Working With Value
To make a colour lighter in value, add color to white. The more white you add, the lighter the coluor will get. This is called a tint of the original color.
   To make a coluor darker (this is called a shade of the original colour), add a small amount of black. If you add too much black, your colour will be almost black.
Tints
Shades

11. The pure color of “blue” is called a HUE
In the diagram you can see the difference between some of the properties
of colour.
The pure color of “blue” is called a HUE
When white and blue are mixed together it is called a TINT
When black and blue are mixed together it is called a SHADE

12. Artists will use tints and shades when creating Atmospheric perspective In a work of art.
In his painting, Bathers, Seurat used tints and shades to create a feeling of depth and perspective in his painting.

13. TEMPERATURE AFFECTS SIZE the perceived size of an object is affected by its colour warm colours advance, cool colours recede both interior squares are the same physical size but the yellow square should appear to be slightly larger

14. CONTRAST AFFECTS SIZE the perceived size of an object is affected by its contrast light areas advance, dark areas recede both interior squares are the same physical size but the lighter square should appear to be slightly larger

15. How do artists choose which colours to use?
There are several different colour combinations that artists can use.
These different combinations are called
“colour harmonies”.
On the next several slides, a variety of colour harmonies will be discussed.
In the future, you will need to refer to these harmonies, and make decisions for your own artwork.

16. Monochrome (meaning "one colour") colour harmonies include only one colour in different value (the lightness and darkness of a colour) and intensity (the brightness or dullness of a colour). An example of a monochrome colour scheme could include any colour mixed with white, gray, or black. For example, red, rose and pink (red mixed with white) are monochrome.

17. Analogous colors (also called Adjacent colours) uses colours that neighbor each other on the colour wheel. An example is a colour scheme that includes various values and intensities of reds and oranges.
Adjacent
Means “next to”.

18. Colours that are placed next to, or adjacent to other colours can also
COMPLIMENTS hues opposite each other on the colour wheel intensifies the difference between colours
Colours that are
placed next to, or
adjacent to other
colours can also
appear to be
different hues.
ANALOGOUS hues next to each other on the colour wheel the colors blend and are harmonious
Colours have different moods, temperature and contrast, depending on the colour they are next to.
OPTICAL COLOR
color is affected by surrounding colours both lighter rectangles are exactly the same colour but each should appear different based on the color around it

19. Van Gogh
used optical
colour mixing in
his paintings all
the time.
This style of painting
was
called
Impressionism.

20. So did Gorges Seurat in Afternoon at La Grande Jatte
This style of painting was called pointillism.

21. Colours opposite each other on the color wheel are called complementary colors. For example, violet and yellow are complementary colors. So are red and green, and blue and orange.

22. A single split compliment uses a primary colour plus colors on either side of its compliment. An example is a colour scheme that includes various values and intensities of greens, violet-reds and red-oranges.

23. A double split compliment (also called tetradic) uses two pairs of compliments, one apart on the colour wheel. An example is red, green, orange, and blue.

24. A triad uses colours at the points of an equilateral triangle (three colours spaced equally on the color wheel). These are sometimes called balanced colours. An example of a triadic scheme could be red, blue, and yellow; green, orange, and purple, etc.

25. Color Schemes (Color Harmonies):

26. Colour Has Temperature
Warm Colours and Cool Colours: The warm colours include reds, oranges, and yellows; the cool colours include blues, greens and violets. The neutral colours are black, white, and grays.

27. Analogous:
Colours that are
Related or Next
To Each Other On
The Colour Wheel

28. Cool Colors:

29. Double Split
Complementary

30. Split
Complementary

31. Triad
Color
Scheme

32. Warm
Color
Scheme

33. Monochromatic