3 primary, 3 secondary, 6 tertiary Colors (analysis) Natural light spectrum, a continuum Color wheel 3 primary, 3 secondary, 6 tertiary Color star Color sphere
Colors (production) Additive color mixing (slide, projection, etc.) Subtractive color mixing (pigment, paint, print, etc.)
Colors (production in printing) The Pantone® system
Printing colors Positive / RGB system Negative / CMY system The 4-color process
Printing colors Addition of CMJK (k=black) dots produce a color picture in a 4-color process
Photography (autochrome process) Georges Seurat, Le Pont de Courbevoie, 1886-87, Institut Courtauld
Oil (traditional) Rembrandt, Anatomy Lesson of Professor Nicolaes Tulp, 1632 (The Hague)
Oil (Alla Prima) Claude Monet, Impression au soleil levant, 1872 (musée Marmottan)
Tempera Grant Wood, Fall Plowing(1931)
Watercolor John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), Florence: Fountain, Boboli Gardens about 1906–07 John Singer Sargent, Torre Galli, Wine Bag,1910
Color effects You may visit and study : http://webexhibits.org/colorart/contrast.html
Use of color in painting El Greco, Vue de Tolède, 1600 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art Georges de la Tour, La Madeleine repentante, 1640-1645 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Georges de la Tour, L’adoration des bergers,1644 Musée du Louvre
Use of color in painting Yves Klein, Nu couché bleu, 1955 Collection particulière Hans Hofmann, Equinox, 1958 (push pull effect) Piet Mondrian, Composition, 1929 Victor Vasarely, Vonal Stri, 1975 Nicolas de Stael, Parc des Princes (Les Grands Footballeurs), 1952 Collection particulière
J.M.W. Turner, Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, 1844
Sites Color theory (wikipedia) Couleur complémentaire Color site (nuances, vocabulary, etc.) Color site 2 Victoria & Albert Museum on oil painting technique Victoria & Albert Museum on watercolor technique Color symbolism Color tutorial