1. Element of Color The most universally appreciated element: An infant will reach out for a brightly colored object Color give us an immediate emotional reaction –Pleasing rhythms and Harmonies of color satisfy our visual tastes and desires –We like certain color combinations and reject others Colors help identify objects and creates an illusion of space Where does color come from?

2. Color begins with and comes from LIGHT: - Where there is little light there is little color and difficult to distinguish each, -Strong light it can be quite intense. A gradual blending of the major colors Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Blue-Violet Violet (indigo) Spectrum:

4. Additive Color When… artists or scientists work with RAYS of colored light What is it when the colors of the spectrum are pure and are at there fullest? Red Green Blue Additive Primaries? Intensity, Brightness or Saturation

5. From Direct Light source Cones & Rods

6. From Direct Light source

7. Subtractive

9. What we already know about mixing colors

10. Tone

15. How color effect each other Complimentary Colors (high contrast) Analogous (low contrast)

16. How color effect each other Emphasis Colors

17. How color effect each other What is the color?

18. Mixing color with the eyes 1. Pigment color mixing 2. Optical color mixing

19. Optical Color Mixing

20. Impressionists: Monet, Renoir, Pissaro, Dega, Cezanne and others. Claude Monet was the inventor of Impressionism Recorded the passing of time as light is seen passing over objects By 1886: accepted as serious artists 40 views of The Rouen Cathedral (different times of day and weather conditions)