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Color Theory
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The color wheel fits together like a puzzle - each color in a specific place. Being familiar with the color wheel not only helps you mix colors when painting, but in adding color to all your art creations.
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In 1672 Sir Isaac Newton 1 st represented the relationship of colors to one another in the form of a circle after he observed a beam of sunlight passing through a prism, producing a rainbow
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Color Can Evoke Emotion One hundred years later, Johann Wolfgang van Goethe, a German writer and scientist, studied how colors make us feel –He discovered that blue evoked quiet moods and that red evoked cheerfulness
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Bay Side, Helen Frankenthaler, 1967
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The Golden Wall, Hans Hofmann, 1961
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Haystack At Giverny, Claude Monet, 1891
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The Scream, Edvard Munch, 1893
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Still Life, Tulips, Emil Nolde, 1930
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Voodoo, Judy Pfaff, 1981
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The Old Guitarist, Pablo Picasso, 1903
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Blue, Orange, Red, Mark Rothko, 1961
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Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889
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Self Portrait, Vincent van Gogh
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Sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh, 1888
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The Magic Flute, Marc Chagall, 1966
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Blumenstilleben St. Jean Cap Ferrat, Marc Chagall, 1956
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At the Moulin Rouge, Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892
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Goldfish, Henri Matisse, 1912
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Woman with a Hat, Henri Matisse, 1905
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A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon, Henri Matisse, 1902
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Cirebon Sawah, Gwen Shackleton, 2007
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Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?, Paul Gauguin, 1897
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Primary Colors Colors from which all other colors are made Red Yellow Blue
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Secondary Colors Colors that are created from mixing equal amounts of a pair of primary colors Orange Green Violet
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Intermediate Colors Colors made from equal amounts of a pair of primary and secondary colors Yellow-Green Yellow-Orange Blue-Green Blue-Violet Red-Violet Red-Orange
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The principles of color mixing let us describe a variety of colors, but there are still many colors to explore. The neutral colors contain equal parts of each of the three primary colors. Black, white, gray and sometimes brown are considered "neutral”. Neutral Colors
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Tints are lightened colors. Always begin with white and add a bit of color to the white until the desired tint is obtained. This is an example of a value scale for the tints of blue. Tints
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Shades are darkened colors. Always begin with the color and add just a bit of black at a time to get the desired shade of a color. This is an example of a value scale for the shades of blue. Shades
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Color Schemes are a systematic way of using the color wheel to put colors together… in your art work, putting together the clothes you wear, deciding what colors to paint your room….. monochromatic, complementary, analogous, warm and cool.
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“Mono” means “one”, “chroma” means “color”… monochromatic color schemes have only one color and its values. The following slide shows a painting done in a monochromatic color scheme. Monochromatic
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This non-objective painting has a monochromatic color scheme - blue and the values (tints and shades) of blue.
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Complementary colors are opposite on the color wheel provided a high contrast - if you want to be noticed wear complementary colors! Complementary
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This painting has complementary colors and their values - blues and oranges.
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The analogous color scheme is 3-5 colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel. This combination of colors provides very little contrast. Analogous
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Analogous colors are illustrated here: yellow, yellow- green, green and blue-green.
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The colors found in fire and the sun. Warm colors make objects look closer in a painting or drawing. Warm
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This is an illustration of the use of warm colors - reds, oranges and yellows.
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The colors found in snow and ice and tend to recede in a composition. Cool
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Note the cool color scheme in this painting (greens, purples and blues).
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Complementary Colors Colors opposite each other on the color wheel Ex: Red & green Blue & orange Yellow & violet
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Analogous Colors Three consecutive colors on the color wheel
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Who is wearing a monochromatic shirt today? Are wearing mainly warm colors? Aare wearing mainly cool colors? Is anyone wearing a shirt that uses complementary colors or analogous colors?
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Can you think of an example of complementary colors being used together?
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Tint: a color plus white Shade: a color plus black Monochromatic: one color in different tints and shades Neutral: white, black, gray
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Complex Color Wheels Create a complex design that follows the basic format of a color wheel while showing the Primary, Secondary, and Intermediate colors and the various tones and shades of each You can take this assignment one step further by demonstrating your knowledge of complementary colors also
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