1. Agenda 2/10/05 Imaging Quick Write/Sketch Basic Color Theory Lesson
Today is day 1 of 3 where you will be learning about Color Theory
You will be quizzed on Color Theory
Quiz is on Wednesday, Feb. 16
You will be allowed to use a page of notes on the quiz, so… take notes!!!
Photoshop Lesson #5
Using the "Color Picker" more intelligently
Adjustment Layers
Studio Assignment #5

2. “Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.”
~Wassily Kandinsky

3. Wassily Kandinsky, 1866–1944
"The concept that color and musical harmony are linked has a long history, intriguing scientists such as Sir Isaac Newton.
Kandinsky used color in a highly theoretical way associating tone with timbre (the sound's character), hue with pitch, and saturation with the volume of sound. He even claimed that when he saw color he heard music. "
from WebMuseum, Paris

15. Quick Write/Sketch 2/10/05
“Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.”
~Wassily Kandinsky
Respond visually (with sketches and possibly words) to Kandinsky’s works of art and his quote.

16. Agenda 2/10/05 (Again) Quick Write/Sketch Basic Color Theory Lesson
Today is day 1 of 3 where you will be learning about Color Theory
You will be quizzed on Color Theory
Quiz is on Wed., Feb. 16
You will be allowed to use a page of notes on the quiz, so… take notes!!!
Photoshop Lesson #5
Using the "Color Picker" more intelligently
Adjustment Layers
Studio Assignment #5

17. Additive vs. Subtractive Color
Additive Color
Used when working with rays of colored LIGHT (such as a theatre lighting technician)
Primary colors are red, blue and green
When red, blue and green light overlap you get white light
Subtractive Color
Used when working with PIGMENTS (such as paint)
Primary colors are red, blue and yellow
When red, blue and yellow paint are mixed, you get black paint (or close to it)
Subtractive color is how we see most of the world. A leaf is green because when white light hits it, the pigment in the leaf absorbs (or "subtracts") all the wavelengths of color in light except for green, which it reflects back to us and we see "green"

18. Color Wheel (for "Subtractive" or Pigment-Based Color)

19. Primary Colors (for Subtractive Color)

20. Secondary Colors (for Subtractive Color)

21. Tertiary Colors (for Subtractive Color)

22. Complementary Colors (to make harmonious color schemes)

23. Analogous Colors (another way to make harmonious color schemes)

24. Other Color Theory Terms
Color is described in terms of 3 physical properties:
Hue
Generic name that we give to each color
"Red," "blue," "orange," etc. are all different hues
Value
The term for the lightness or darkness of a color
Each hue can be changed in value by adding black or white to the hue
Intensity or Saturation
The terms for the "quality" of a color, or the relative brightness or dullness of it

25. Warm and Cool Colors Warm Colors (think fire)
Red, orange, and yellow
Tend to be dominant in a composition
Cool Colors (think water)
Blue, green, violet
Tend to recede in a composition

26. Color and Emotion We can use color to create mood and symbolize ideas
For example:
Reds are thought of as active and exciting
Blues are thought of as sad or calm
Some of the emotions that colors bring out in people are cultural

27. Local vs. Subjective Color
Local Color
Using the natural color of an object
Examples include a green leaf or a red strawberry
Subjective Color
Using a color palette decided on by the artist, not by nature
Examples include a purple cow or green sky

28. 2/10/05 Studio Assignment (#5)
Borrow an "Art Fundamentals" CD and QUIETLY study the lessons on color.
Try to make your sketch from the Quick Write/Sketch today come to life digitally in Photoshop
Pay attention to color usage!
Try to make your piece compelling!
Don’t forget to save your file in your “Practice Work” folder!