Mark Rothko Complementary Colors What are Complementary Colors
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Mark Rothko
Complementary Colors
What are Complementary Colors? Colors which lie directly across from each other on the color wheel. Also called Color Dyads, since they’re in pairs.
The major Complementary Colors consist of the three Primaries and their Secondaries: (Primary) (Secondary) Red Green Yellow Violet Blue Orange
Every color has a complement. Complementary Colors can complement, enhance and balance each other. They produce the highest color contrast (after Black & White). Their INTENSITY is heightened when paired alongside each other. BUT…
Andy Warhol commissioned work of Muhammed Ali
Katy Grannan’s Cassandra
Hindu Deities Krishna and Radha in a Grove, 1780. (gouache on paper) Persian Miniature Painting
3 Properties of Color 1) VALUE 2) HUE 3) SATURATION / INTENSITY
3 Properties of Color 3) SATURATION / INTENSITY
Complementary Colors can also neutralize or cancel each other out. When mixed together, their original INTENSITY is suppressed, leading us to Chromatic Neutral Grays… Soon Y. Warren (watercolor)
Willem de Kooning Seated Woman oil and charcoal / board 54" x 36" 1940
La Fenetre Ouverte, 1921
Complementary Color combinations found outside the Fine Art world…
Jack Lenor Larsen’s Red Garden
Ad for Havaianas sandals 2008
And in sports!
ALBERS’ COLOR RELATIVITY: The 3 Principles of Color Interaction 1. Light/Dark Value Contrast 2. Complementary Reaction or Effect 3. Subtraction
ALBERS’ COLOR RELATIVITY: The 3 rd Principle of Color Interaction 3. Subtraction
Principle 1: LIGHT/DARK CONTRAST
Principle 1 & 2: LIGHT/DARK CONTRAST & SUBTRACTION
Principle 3 COMPLEMENTARY REACTION/EFFECT
Principle 3: COMPLEMENTARY REACTION OR EFFECT Our eye “seeks” the complement of any given color. For example, you’re staring at a red stop sign for a long period of time…your RGB photoreceptors grow tired, namely the Rreceptor. Therefore, G-receptor comes to the rescue and “appears” to give the R-receptor a break.
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