1. Color Theory

2. PRIMARY COLORS Primary colors are colors from which all other colors are made. REDBLUEYELLOW SECONDARY COLORS Secondary colors that are created from equal amounts of a pair of primary colors ORANGEGREENVIOLET

3. Tertiary colors are colors made from equal amounts of a pair of primary and secondary colors. Tertiary Colors red-violet blue-violet blue-green yellow-green yellow-orange red-orange

4. darkened color; color + black TINT SHADE lightened color; white + color tints of blue shades of blue

5. A Monochromatic color scheme is one color. Monochromatic The primary color is integrated with neutral colors such as brown, black, white, or gray.

6. The Old Guitarist, 1903/04 Oil on panel 122.9 x 82.6 cm Pablo Picasso

7. Complementary colors are any two colors which are directly opposite each other in the color wheel. Examples are red and green, red-purple and yellow-green. In the illustration, there are several variations of yellow-green in the leaves and several variations of red-purple in the orchid. Complementary Colors

8. Claude Monet Haystack. End of the Summer. Morning. 1891. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France. Monet painted the sunlight on the haystacks with hues of yellow. So then the areas in the shadow were done in its complementary color: Hues of purple. Since the haystacks have red, the use of its complementary green, had to be used throughout the painting.

9. Three consecutive colors on the color wheel Analogous colors Analogous colors are any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange.

10. On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, 1868.* Oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago. Claude Monet

11. Credits to: Photos: Jill Morton Color Matters Santa Maria Studio