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Can provide beauty
Attract attention; emphasize a feature
Create illusions in height or size
Affect a person’s mood
Often the element of design noticed first
Cool colors= Blues , greens and violets are
calming and relaxing; recede away from
you (smaller).
Warm colors = Reds, oranges, yellows
express excitement and stimulate action;
advance toward you (larger).
All objects contain pigment, substances
that absorb some light rays and reflect
others
 When light strikes an object, you see only
the colors that reflect or bounce back to
your eyes. When light rays are absorbed
the color is not seen.
 Ex: If a fabric looks blue, it is because the
fabric dye absorbs the other light rays
EXCEPT blue.
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Primary colors- red, yellow, blue – the
basic colors from which others are made
 Secondary colors- green, orange, violet
– combination of equal parts of 2
primary colors
 Tertiary or intermediate colorscombination of 1 primary and 1
secondary
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Value – Adding white or black to a color
changes its value.
› Tint – a color lightened with WHITE
› Shade – a color darkened with BLACK
Ex. Red medium tone
Red + white = PINK
Red + black = BURGANDY
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Bright, deep, vivid colors contain the
most pigment = very intense. Emerald
green or ruby red.
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Dull, muted colors contain less pigment =
softer effect. Dusty rose or khaki green.
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Not on the color wheel – don’t have
pigment!
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Black – ALL light rays absorbed; great for
cold weather
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White – ALL light rays reflected; great for
warm weather
Complementary colors- colors that are
directly opposite each other on the color
wheel
 Compliment of blue?
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1st Finish Color Schemes notes/Mini
Color Wheels; BOOK pgs 164-165
2nd Use magazines to find 5 color schemes in clothing:
 Border each ½ sheet paper
 Label Color Scheme
 Find example of Color Scheme
 Color mini color wheel to match pic-YELLOW at 12 o’clock
 Glue Picture + mini color wheel on paper
 Tape together this order:
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monochromatic
analogous
complementary
split complementary OR triadic
neutral or accented neutral