1. COLOR THEORY 101

3. Light: the Visible Spectrum

4. The Color Wheel The color wheel is a way to visualize and organize the entire color spectrum of light. The ends of the spectrum are bent around a circle to form a color wheel

5. Types of Color Theories Subtractive Color (CMYK) The subtractive (pigment) theory deals with how white light is absorbed and reflected off of colored surfaces. Additive Color (RBG) The additive (light) theory deals with radiated and filtered light.

6. Additive Theory White (sunlight) radiates ALL light Black radiates no light Light-emitting media use the process of capturing and radiating light, therefore they use Additive (Light) Theory Primary colors in Additive Theory: Red( R ) Green ( G ) Blue( B ) All the primaries mixed together to make WHITE Additive (Light) Theory is used in computer monitors, television, theater lighting, and video production.

7. Subtractive Theory Black absorbs most light White reflects most light Colored Pigments absorb light and reflect only the frequency of the pigment color. All colors other than the pigment colors are absorbed, so this is called subtractive color theory. Primary colors in Subtractive Theory: –Cyan( C ) –Magenta( M ) –Yellow( Y ) –Black( K ) Subtractive or Pigment Theory is used in desktop and commercial printing.

8. Subtractive Color: RYB Color Model Traditional “Painter’s Color Wheel” Primary Colors (RYB) are pure pigments that cannot be mixed: o Red o Yellow o Blue RYB is used primarily with traditional pigment-based art media (like painting)

9. The Color Wheel Colors on the wheel can be described using three elements: 1.Hue : pure color 2.Saturation : brightness or dullness 3.Value : lightness or darkness

10. Color Theory 101 The technical name for color Describes the position of a color on a classic color wheel Used to name the color (Yellow, Orange, Red, etc.) Hue

11. Color Theory 101 Saturation refers to how vivid and intense a color is Saturation

12. Tone = Shade + Tint

13. Color Theory 101 Painter’s Color Wheel Secondary Colors Primary Colors

14. Color Theory 101 Warm / Cool Colors Color Temperature

15. Color Schemes: Warm Warm Colors: Right half of the color wheel contains colors associated with fire, heat Artist: Jan Vermeer Title: Girl Asleep at a Table Year: 1657

16. Paul Cezanne The Basket of Apples, 1894 Color Schemes: Warm

17. Henri Matisse The Dessert, Harmony in Red, 1908 Color Schemes: Warm

18. Color Schemes: Cool Cool: Left half of the wheel has cooler colors associated with ice, water Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Femme Allongée Lisant Year: 1939

19. Pablo Picasso The Old Guitarist, 1903

20. Monochromatic uses different values of the same hue, including tints and shades Color Theory 101 Color Schemes: Monochromatic

21. Monochromatic uses different values of the same hue, including tints and shades Artist: Georges Braque Title: Le Portugais Year: 1911

22. Color Schemes: Monochromatic Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937

23. Color Schemes: Monochromatic Monochromatic color palettes in interior design

24. Color Schemes: Monochromatic

25. Color Theory 101 Color Schemes: Analagous Analogous: A selection of colors that are adjacent on the color wheel

26. Color Schemes: Analogous Analogous: A selection of colors that are adjacent on the color wheel Artist: Vincent van Gogh Title: The Iris Year: 1889

27. Color Schemes: Analogous

31. Color Theory 101 Color Schemes: Complementary Complementary: Colors that are opposite on the wheel. High Contrast

32. Color Schemes: Complementary Complementary: Colors that are opposite on the wheel. High Contrast Vincent Van Gogh The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night 1888

33. Complementary Colors in Art Georges Seurat, Le Chahut, 1889-90

34. Eugène Delacroix, Women of Algiers, 1834 Complementary Colors in Art

35. Complementary Colors in Graphic Design

36. Complementary Colors in Fashion

37. Color Theory 101 Triadic Color Schemes: Triadic

38. Triadic Color Schemes in Design

40. Triadic Color Schemes in Art Andy Warhol Piet Mondrian

41. HINT: Choosing ONE common color can help tie random color schemes together