1. Color Theory Day!

2. *Primary – First or highest rank of importance: Chief: Principal
Primary Colors
*Primary – First or highest rank of importance: Chief: Principal
Primary Colors- a color that in a mixture makes all other colors. (red, yellow or blue)

3. not primary or original
Secondary Colors
*Secondary- Derived or derivative:
not primary or original
Secondary Colors- a color produced by mixing two primary colors. (orange, green or violet)

4. Tertiary colors
*Tertiary- of the third order, rank, stage, formation, etc.; third
Tertiary colors- When a primary color is combined with a secondary color the result is a tertiary. (Red-orange, yellow-green…)

6. Complimentary Colors Colors opposite each other on the color wheel

7. Monochromatic Colors Tints and shades of a single hue

8. Analogous Color Schemes Sit next to each other on the color wheel.

9. Local Color
Colors that are actually present in the object you are drawing. The natural color of an object unmodified by adding any distortion

10. Neutrals….
Neutral colors include black, white, gray, and sometimes brown and beige. They are sometimes called “earth tones.”
Grays, Browns, tans,…

11. Tint
Tone
Shade

12. If you were an interior designer, based on this guide, what colors would you paint the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen…

13. Color Theory Examples

14.                            
Fernand Léger - L'escalier (1913)

15. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–1886, at The Art Institute of Chicago

16. Regina Valluzi. Coil to Globule. 16 x 12 inches, oil and alkyd on linen

17. Edward Hopper. Nighthawks. 1942 Oil on Canvas. 84. 1 cm × 152
Edward Hopper. Nighthawks Oil on Canvas. 84.1 cm × 152.4 cm (33 1⁄8 in × 60 in). Art Institute of Chicago.

18. Pablo Picasso, “The Old Guitarist”

19. Vincent van Gogh Self portrait with bandaged ear

20. Vincent van Gogh ( ), Sunflowers or Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers (1888), National Gallery (London)

21. How do companies use color to create their image?

22. Commercials/Advertisements

23. Color Theory in Sport

24. Color Theory in Fashion

25. Interior design

26. Color Theory in Cartoons

27. OK-Go! Three Primary Colors Song