1. Elements of Art Color

2. Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Complementary colors are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The common complementary colors are Red/Green, Yellow/Violet & Orange/Blue. Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory. 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?

7. 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, Blue- Green, Blue Blue-Violet, Violet, Red-Violet An analogous color scheme* cannot have 2 primary colors in its set. Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory. * A Scheme is a set of colors*

8. Warm Colors range from: Yellow, Yellow-Orange, Orange, Red-Orange, Red, Red-Violet. Cool Colors range from: Yellow-Green, Green, Blue-Green, Blue, Blue- Violet, Violet Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory.

9. 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.

10. 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. Objective: To identify and examine concepts of color theory. 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.