October 28, 2009 Get your folder Color vocabulary Next steps for project
Name: Per: Date: 10-28-2009 Subject: COLOR! Name: Per: Date: 10-28-2009 Subject:
Color Wheel A diagram that organizes the basic colors
Colors that mix to create ALL other colors 1.Red 2. Blue 3. Yellow Primary Colors Colors that mix to create ALL other colors 1.Red 2. Blue 3. Yellow
Colors made with 2 primary colors Green (blue+yellow) Orange (yellow+red) Violet (blue+red) Secondary Colors
Intermediate Colors
Colors made from 1 primary and 1 secondary color Yellow-green (more yellow+green) Yellow-orange (more yellow+orange) Red-violet (more red+violet) Red-orange (more red+orange) Blue-green (more blue+green) Blue-violet (more blue+violet)
One color and it’s values TINT= add white TONE=add black Monochrome
Complementary Colors
Colors that are opposite on the color wheel Red & Green (Christmas) Blue & Orange (Chicago Bears) Violet & Yellow (Schurz
Neutral Colors
Brown, beige, tan, gray and black; earthy colors 1. Mix complementary colors to get these colors!
Colors that are NEXT to each other on the color wheel Analogous
Warm Colors Think of the sun or fire (oranges, reds, yellows). Usually appear to come forward in space
Cool Colors Think of water (blues, greens, violets). Usually appear to go back in space
(The next few slides are not necessarily about color but relate to your upcoming project. Please take notes!)
Pattern Principle of Art; Repeated elements to create a design or surface texture
A type of pattern where each piece fits exactly into the next like a puzzle Tessellation
M.C. Escher An artist who used optical illusions, “impossible spaces” and tessellations to create ‘mind bending’ imagery 1898-1972
What will I do next? Draw out and paint a modified color wheel on a square piece of paper Create a “tessellation” pattern around your color wheel Use “neutral colors” to paint the shapes around your color wheel Time: approximately 2 weeks
SUMMARY! Be specific. Try to wrap it all up into 2-3 complete sentence. (put the summary at the END of your notes NOT squeezed in somewhere else!)