Color Wheel Color Schemes COLOR THEORY Let’s take a look at the and Color Values

LEARNING GOALS Color Theory SWBAT Identify primary, secondary and intermediate colors. SWBAT Mix the primary colors, black and white to create color wheel showing hues, tints and shades.  SWBAT Identify color schemes used in Art. SWBAT Use color schemes in their art making.

Color Color is the reflection or refraction of light. Color depends on light, because it is made of light. There must be light in order for us to see color. The whiter the light the more true the colors will be. Hue, Value and Intensity are the three main characteristics of. color

The Color Wheel Primary Colors, Red – Yellow – Blue The color wheel is a tool artists use to learn the relationships of colors to each other. The color wheel is set up in a circle using…… Primary Colors, Red – Yellow – Blue Secondary Colors, Orange – Green – Purple Intermediate Colors, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange Yellow-Green, Blue-Green Blue-Violet, Red Violet

COLOR WHEEL

The Color Wheel Learning to mix colors is important. Knowing the placement of colors on the color wheel will help you mix colors and help you decide which colors to add to your artwork! Your choice of color schemes can make a big difference in the success of your project.

COLORS The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. These colors can be combined to create secondary colors…green, violet, and orange. Red plus blue will make violet. Yellow plus blue will make green. Red plus yellow will make orange.

Making New Colors! blue violet Red blue Yellow green Red Yellow orange mixed with will make . mixed with will make . mixed with will make . blue violet Red blue Yellow green Red Yellow orange

Intermediate Colors An intermediate color is a color made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color. intermediate

Intermediate Colors Intermediate, or Tertiary, colors are created by mixing a primary and a secondary red-orange yellow-orange yellow-green blue-purple red-purple blue-green

Tints Tints are lightened colors. Always begin with white and add a bit of color to the white until the desired tint is obtained. This is an example of a value scale for the tints of blue.

Shades Shades are darkened colors. Always begin with the color and add just a bit of black at a time to get the desired shade of a color. This is an example of a value scale for the shades of blue.

Warm Colors Warm colors seem to move toward the viewer in a painting Warm colors are red, pink, orange and yellow. This family of colors is called warm because they remind you of warm things like the sun or fire.

Cool colors seem to recede, or move away in a painting Cool colors remind us of cool things like the ocean or winter sky. They include blue, violet and green.

Georgia O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) Warm Color Scheme Cool Color Scheme

MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEMES consist of different values (tints and shades) of one single color. Tint - color plus white to make the color lighter. Shade - color plus black to make the color darker.

- - - Complementary Colors Red Green Blue Orange Yellow Violet Complementary colors are colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel, such as blue and orange, red and green, violet and yellow. Red - Green Blue Orange - Yellow - Violet

Vincent van Gogh uses a complimentary color scheme in this painting titled La Berceuse (1889; Oil on canvas)

Analogous color schemes use colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

"Nymphéas" Claude MONET 1916-19 An analogous color scheme is similar to the monochromatic color scheme, but offers more depth.

Split-complementary color scheme A color scheme that includes a main color and the two colors on each side of its complementary (opposite) color on the color wheel. Georgia O-Keeffe Jack in the Pullpit No. V, 1930