Introduction to Color Theory What is Color Theory

Introduction to Color Theory

What is Color Theory? Color theory encompasses a multitude of definitions, concepts and design applications

What is the Color Wheel?

Primary Colors Red Yellow Blue

Secondary Colors Orange Green Purple

Tertiary Colors Red-Orange Yellow-Green Blue-Purple Red-Purple

Important Terms To Know

Value: lightness or darkness of a color

Tint: white added to a color

Shade: black added to a color

Color Scheme. An arrangement or combination of colors

History of the Color Wheel

How the color wheel was created http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 Butdi. Kf. JLU

Isaac Newton December 25 th, 1642 - March 20 th, 1727

Isaac Newton was one of the first scientists to investigate color theory. Around 1671 -72 he discovered the origin of color when he shone a beam of light through an angular prism and split it into the spectrum.

Spectrum-the various colors of the rainbow

Newton built the first practical reflecting telescope and developed a theory of color based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into the many colors of the visible spectrum.

What is a prism? A solid geometric figure whose two end faces are similar, equal, and parallel rectilinear figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.

Newton’s experiment demonstrates that color comes from light and color is light.

How does a prism work?

Isaac Newton’s Color Theory Experiment http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 Butdi. Kf. JLU

Quiz

How does a prism work?

What are the 3 secondary colors?

Who invented the idea of the color wheel?

What is value?

What is color theory?

What is analogous on the color wheel?

What is shade?

What is split-complementary on the color wheel?