Andy
Warhol
Color
& Shape
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Camouflage, 1987
screen prints on Lenox Museum Board, 38 x 38 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection,
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
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Shapes are enclosed objects and can
be created by line, color and value
changes that define their edges.
Shapes can be:
organic (irregular shapes found
in nature) also called “natural”
geometric (shapes with strong
lines and angles such as circles,
triangles, and squares).
Shape
Shape is considered
to be a two-dimensional
element, while threedimensional elements
have volume or mass.
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Skulls, 1979
Screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Founding Collection, Contribution Dia Center for the Arts. © AWF
What is positive and negative space?
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Space Fruit: Still Lifes (Cantaloupes I), 1979
screen print on Lenox Museum Board
30 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Founding Collection, Contribution Dia Center
for the Arts © AWF
Why is it important to consider both
positive and negative space when
creating your composition?
Identify and
describe the shapes.
Are they organic or
geometric?
How are the shapes’
edges defined?
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
screen print on Lenox Museum Board, 30 x 40 in. each
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection
Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF
Identify the
dominant shapes in
each composition.
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Space Fruit: Still Lifes (Pears), 1979
screen print on Lenox Museum Board
30 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Founding Collection
Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF
Andy Warhol’s Printing Process:
Warhol would print the background color and the shapes
first, then the photographic image of fruit, finishing with
hand drawn layer.
Andy Warhol (American,
1928-1987)
Grapes, 1979
screen print on Strathmore
Bristol Series 500 paper
40 x 30 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum,
Pittsburgh, Founding
Collection
Contribution The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the
Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Skulls, 1979
Screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection
Contribution Dia Center for the Arts. © AWF
Color Theory
Why is color
theory
important?
Monochromatic
Uses shades or tints
from the same hue
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Sunset, 1972
Screen print on Paper
34 x 34 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection
Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF
Neutral Colors
Neutral colors or earth tones are not seen on most color
wheels. Black, gray, whites are neutral. Browns, beiges and
tans are sometimes neutral too. Neutral colors can be made
by mixing:
• Black and white
• Complementary colors
• All three primaries together (plus some black or white)
Andy Warhol
(American, 1928-1987)
Cologne Cathedral, 1985
Screen prints with diamond
dust on Lenox Museum Board
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum
Pittsburgh Founding Collection
Contribution The Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts,
Inc. © AWF
Andy Warhol
(American, 1928-1987)
Camouflage, 1987
Screen prints on Lenox
Museum Board
38 x 38 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum
Pittsburgh Founding Collection
Contribution The Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts,
Inc. © AWF
Analogous
Any three colors which are side
by side on a 12 part color wheel,
such as yellow-green, yellow,
and yellow-orange. Usually one
of the three colors
predominates.
Complementary
Two colors that are the direct opposite
of each other, such as red and green
and blue-purple and yellow-orange.
Complementary colors create the most
contrast and balance in design.
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Flowers, 1970, screen print on paper, 36 x 36 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Space Fruit: Still Lifes (Pears), 1979 screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Founding Collection, Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF
Andy Warhol
(American, 1928-1987)
Flowers, 1970
Screen print on paper
36 x 36 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum,
Pittsburgh,
Founding Collection
Contribution The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the
Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Andy Warhol
(American, 1928-1987)
Sunset, 1972
Screen print on Paper
34” x 34”
The Andy Warhol
Museum, Pittsburgh,
Founding Collection
Contribution Dia Center
for the Arts © AWF
Analogous with
Complementary
emphasis
Andy Warhol
(American, 1928-1987)
Camouflage, 1986
acrylic and silkscreen
ink on linen
40 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol
Museum, Pittsburgh,
Founding Collection,
Contribution The Andy
Warhol Foundation for
the Visual Arts, Inc.
© AWF
Andy Warhol
(American, 1928-1987)
Camouflage, 1986
acrylic and silkscreen
ink on linen
40 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol
Museum, Pittsburgh,
Founding Collection,
Contribution The Andy
Warhol Foundation for
the Visual Arts, Inc.
© AWF
Value
Tint and
Shade
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Flowers, 1970
Screen print on paper
36 x 36 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Founding Collection,
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Camouflage, 1987
Screen prints on Lenox Museum Board
38 x 38 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh,
Founding Collection
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Temperature
Color temperate can help
enhance the mood of an
image.
Andy Warhol (American,
1928-1987) Vesuvius,
1985 screen print on Arches
88 paper, 31 7/16 x 39 1/4
in. The Andy Warhol
Museum, Pittsburgh
Founding Collection,
Contribution The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the
Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Color
Variations
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Camouflage, 1986
acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen
40 x 40 in. each
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection,
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
© AWF
Test your
knowledge
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979,
screen print on Lenox Museum Board
30 x 40 in. each
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection
Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF