INTRO TO COLOR THEORY HIGH SCHOOL ART MR

INTRO TO COLOR THEORY HIGH SCHOOL ART MR. BROZ

WHAT IS COLOR? a : a phenomenon of light (such as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects -Merriam Webster Dictonary

PRIMARY COLORS

WARM AND COOL COLORS

SECONDARY COLORS CREATED BY MIXING TWO PRIMARY COLORS TOGETHER.

TERTIARY COLORS CREATED BY MIXING A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COLORS

TRIADIC COLOR SCHEME The triadic color scheme uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel.

COMPLIMENTARY COLORS THAT ARE OPPOSITE TO EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL.

SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY A split-complementary color scheme combines one base color with the two colors directly adjacent to its opposite or complementary color and not with the complementary

COMPLIMENTARY EXAMPLES

ANALOGOUS COLORS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL

ANALOGOUS EXAMPLES

MONOCHROMATIC -DIFFERENT TINTS AND SHADES OF ONE COLOR

ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE COLOR Additive Color involves the mixing of colored light. The colors on a television screen are a good example of this. Additive primary colors are red, green and blue. Subtractive Color involves the mixing of colored paints, pigments, inks and dyes. The traditional subtractive primary colors are red, yellow and blue.

ADDITIVE AND SUBRACTIVE COLOR

WHAT IS THE COLOR RELATIONSHIP?

WHAT KIND OF COLOR SCHEME DO YOU SEE?

WHAT KIND OF COLOR RELATIONSHIPS IS THIS?

WHAT KIND OF COLOR RELATIONSHIP IS THIS?

……. AND AGAIN?

ADDITIVE OR SUBRACTIVE?