The name of a color as it appears on the color wheel: HUE The name of a color as it appears on the color wheel: red, orange, yellow, red-violet, etc…

PRIMARY COLORS Red, yellow, and blue With these three colors (and black and white) all other colors can be made. The primary colors themselves can not be made by mixing other colors.

Secondary colors are orange, violet and green Those colors which are created by the mixture of two primary colors in approximately equal proportions. yellow + blue = green, blue + red = violet, red + yellow = orange

Tertiary Colors Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green and yellow-green. Those colors created by the mixture of an adjacent primary and secondary color. The tertiary colors are named by combining the names of the two parent colors, with the primary element listed first: orange + red = red-orange

ANALOGOUS COLORS An analogous color scheme consists of any three or four adjacent colors on the color wheel. Their proximity to one another assures that analogous colors will contribute to a harmonious scheme, and where colors meet, they will blend beautifully.

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS Hues which are opposite each other on the color wheel. The complement of red is green, the complement of yellow-orange is blue-violet, etc.

When two complements are placed next to each other each color appears at its highest visual strength.

Split Complimentary scheme Involves one color and the colors on either side of it’s compliment

Neutrals RED + GREEN = BROWN YELLOW + VIOLET = BROWN When you mix any 2 compliments you get brown: RED + GREEN = BROWN YELLOW + VIOLET = BROWN BLUE + ORANGE = BROWN

WARM COLORS Red orange yellow warm colors tend to advance in visual space COOL COLORS Violet blue green cool colors recede in space

Monochromatic Color Scheme The use of a single color and it’s various tints and shades (or values) TINT - Hue plus white (lighter value) SHADE - Hue plus black (darker value) TONE - Hue plus grey Achromatic scale – A grey scale

It deals with the quality of light. VALUE - The natural lightness or darkness of a hue or the amount of white or black in a color, pink is a light value of red, navy-blue is a dark value of blue, etc…It deals with the quantity of light. This painting has a variety of values in each section of blue pink and green. INTENSITY - The purity of a hue. A hue at it’s highest intensity has no other color mixed with it. A hue loses its intensity as another color is added to it. It deals with the quality of light. This painting has the highest intensity because only the 3 primaries are present. If they were secondary colors, the painting would have a lower intensity.

What color schemes do you see ???