1. Fundamentals of Visual Arts: Color

2. Color Theory In the visual arts, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impacts of specific color combinations.

3. Color theory principles in West first appeared in the writings of Leone Battista Alberti (c.1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (c.1490), (During Renaissance) But a tradition of "colory theory" began in the 18th century, initially within a partisan controversy around Isaac Newton's theory of color (Opticks, 1704) and the nature of so-called primary colors

4. By 19 th Century various color theories were proposed by scientists and artists Earlier in traditional arts color was always considered as a filler. The drawing was the main component With new researches in color theories and the expressive quality of color, it was emancipated (freed) from the clutches of drawing

5. PRIMARY & SECONDARY RED BLUE YELLOW PURPLE GREEN ORANGE

6. Some Important Terms HUE – a particular gradation of color SHADES AND TINT- by adding black and white resp) MONOCHROMATIC- one color WARM AND COOL COLORS- COMPLEMENTARY COLORS SATURATION – brilliance or depth of color

7. Primary, secondary, and tertiary colors of the RYB color model

8. Complementary colors are pairs of colors that are of “opposite” hue in some color model Analogous colors are neighbours on color wheel

9. Complementary and Analogous Colors

10. Barnett Newman, Dionysius, 1944, 67x49in. Complementary colors Analagous colors

11. Van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888

12. Matisse, Seated Riffian, 1912-13 Complementary colors Analagous colors

13. Some examples and techniques from traditional Western Art FRESCO- SFUMATO CHAIROSCURO IMPASTO (modern)

14. Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings Michaelangelo Sistine Chapel 15 th CE

16. Sfumato Monalisa by Leonardo da Vinci 15 th CE Leonardo da Vinci described sfumato as "without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke or beyond the focus plane."

17. Chiaroscuro Chiaroscuro is characterized by strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition Sacred and Profane Love. 1602–1603, showing dramatic compositional chiaroscuro by Giovanni Baglione

18. Impasto In English, the borrowed Italian word impasto most commonly refers to a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area (or the entire canvas) in a very thick manner using a brush,palette knife or directly the paint tube. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides rich texture

19. "Crags and Crevices"(1961): Jane Frank

20. Vlaminck: Fauve Painter 1903

21. Modern Art Movements which gave tremendous importance to color Impressionism- Optical mixing Post Impressionism- Emotional and expressive quality of color explored Fauvism- Wild application of color Color Field Abstraction

22. Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872

23. Post Impressionism Paul Gauguin The yellow Christ Symbolic use of color

24. Vision after the sermon Paul Gauguin

25. Fauvism Henri Matisse Early 20 th CE Exploring the express ive quality of color

26. Color Field Abstract Expressionism

27. Monochromatic - using only one color

28. Mark Tansey, The Bricoleur’s Daughter, 1987

29. Michaelan gelo Sistine Chapel detail (monochro matic medallion)