Elements
of Art
Color
Objective:
To identify and
examine concepts
of color theory.
Review…..
Value- the darkness or lightness of a color.
Tint- light values. White + Another Color
Shade- dark values. Black + Another Color
Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory.
The Color Wheel:
The color wheel is a way of
organizing the colors. It consists of
12 sections, each containing a Hue.
A Hue is a name of a color on the
color wheel.
The Intensity of a color is the
brightness or dullness of a color.
Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory.
Primary Colors
-Red, Yellow and Blue.
-Cannot be mixed.
-Can only be purchased.
Secondary Colors
-Orange, Green, Violet
-Mixed by combining 2
primary colors.
-Red + Yellow=Orange
Yellow + Blue= Green
Red + Blue= Violet
Tertiary/Intermediate Colors
-Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange,
Yellow-Green, Blue-Green,
Blue-Violet & Red-Violet.
-Mixed by combining a
primary color and a secondary
color.
Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory.
Complementary colors
are colors that are
opposite each other
on the color wheel.
The common
complementary colors
are Red/Green,
Yellow/Violet &
Orange/Blue.
What are some objects or
ideas you can think of that
have complementary
colors? Name one for
each set.
Hint: Which 2 colors are
popular for a holiday in
December?
Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory.
Analogous Colors are
at least 3 colors that
sit side by side on a
color wheel and have
one common hue.
Examples:
• Red, Red-Orange,
Orange
• Yellow-Orange,
Yellow, Yellow
Green
• Green, BlueGreen, Blue
• Blue-Violet, Violet,
Red-Violet
* A Scheme is a set of colors*
An analogous color
scheme* cannot have
2 primary colors in its
set.
Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory.
Warm Colors range from:
Yellow, Yellow-Orange,
Orange, Red-Orange, Red,
Red-Violet.
Cool Colors range from:
Yellow-Green, Green,
Blue-Green, Blue, BlueViolet, Violet
Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory.
Triadic harmony is a color
scheme that creates an
equilateral triangle on
the color wheel. An
example would be the 3
primary colors red,
yellow and blue.
Neutral Colors:
Neutral Colors are not found on the
color wheel but are mixed by other
colors on the color wheel. They are
made by mixing complementary
colors on the color wheel. You get
different ranges of neutral colors
depending the amount of each hue
used.
You also change a colors Intensity by
adding its complementary color.
Black- is a color. It can be
made by mixing all 3 primary
colors.
White-is the absence of color.
It cannot be made by mixing
colors and must be
purchased.
Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory.