Color
There are many ways
to describe color.
Color can be described by the
group or category to which
it belongs.
•Primary
•Secondary
•Intermediate •neutral
Color can be described
by its
Properties.
The
properties of color
are:
Color properties
Hue
Intensity
Value
Temperature
Color can be described
by its hue
•This HUE is red.
Hue:
•The actual color,
or the identity of a
color, such as red.
definition
Color can be described
by its Intensity
This red
is brighter,
louder, more intense than
this red
which is
duller, muted, less intense.
Intensity:
definition
• is the brightness or dullness
(grayness) of a color
• is a color’s strength, saturation,
purity. The "noise" it makes.
• A Pure Hue has the highest
saturation and intensity of a color.
Color can be described
by its Value:
• This is a lighter value
of red
• This is a darker value
of red
Value:
definition
• The lightness or darkness of
a color
• Different values of a color
range from very light to very
dark (tints and shades).
Value
- Tints
definition
Adding white will lighten a
hue or raise its value.
This is called a tint.
Red hue +
white =
Tint (pink)
Value
- Shades
definition
• Adding black will darken
a hue or lower its value.
This is called a shade.
Red hue + black
= shade (maroon)
Color can be described
by its Temperature
:
• Colors give different feelings
of warmth and coolness.
• The color wheel can be
divided into two sides the warm colors and
the cool colors.
definition
Temperature:
•Warm colors
look and feel warm.
–Yellows, oranges, reds
• Cool colors
look and feel cool.
–Blues, greens, violets
Temperature:
The warm colors
remind us of fire, and sunshine.
As a group, they convey energy
and action, and are perceived as
being closer to the viewer.
Temperature:
The cool colors
remind us of cool water
and green grass
As a group, they convey peace and
tranquility, and are perceived as
being farther from the viewer.
Color Harmony
definition
can be defined as
a pleasing combination of colors.
Combined Colors can be
described as Harmonious
Color Harmony
based on
•Monochromatic Color Scheme
•Analogous Color Scheme
•Complementary Color Scheme
Harmony
definition
•Monochromatic Color Scheme
Mono = one, single . . .as in monorail
Chroma = color
thus monochromatic = One color.
• This scheme may be achieved
using tints and shades of one hue.
Harmony
definition
Analogous Color schemes
• Colors that are next to each
other on the color wheel. Colors
with a family resemblance.
Harmony
definition
Complementary Color schemes
• Colors that are opposite each
other on the color wheel;
ex. red and green, violet and
yellow, yellow-green and
red-violet etc.
Harmony
Complementary Color schemes
When mixed together in
near equal amounts,
complements make a
neutral color.
Harmony
Complementary Color schemes
If a little of a hue’s complement is
mixed in with it, the result will
be a dulling or neutralizing of
that hues intensity.
definition
Harmony
Split Complement Color schemes
Three colors that are opposite
each other on the color wheel,
but to either side of the
exact opposite (complement);
Example:
red, blue-green, & yellow-green
green
definition
Harmony
Triadic Color schemes
• Colors that are equally spaced.
• The most famous of these is
the primary triad . . .
red, yellow, and blue.
• Triadic harmonies are most effective
if only one color is
allowed to dominate.