1. Chapter 6 Notes Color

2. What is color? An element of art that is derived from reflected light

3. How do we see color? Light waves reflect from objects to your eyes Check this out!

4. What is an afterimage? A weak image of complimentary colors created by a viewers brain as a reaction to prolonged looking at a color Check this out!

5. The three properties of color are: Hue- name of a color on the color wheel Value- the element of art that describes the darkness or lightness of a color Intensity- the brightness or dullness of a hue

6. There are 12 colors on the color wheel

7. There are three colors that cannot be made- they along with black and white make every other color and are called primary colors

8. Primary colors Red Blue Yellow

9. If you mix two primary colors equally you get a secondary color

10. Secondary colors Orange Violet Green

11. If you mix a primary and secondary equally you get an intermediate color

12. Intermediate Colors Red-orange Red-violet Blue-violet Blue-green Yellow-green Yellow-orange

13. A color scheme is A plan for organizing colors

14. Color schemes

15. Monochromatic One hue and shades and tints of that hue

16. Analagous Colors that sit side by side on the color wheel and have a common hue

17. Complementary Colors that are opposite on the color wheel

18. Color Triad Three colors spaced equal distance from each other on the color wheel

19. Split Complement One hue and the hues on each side of its complement

20. Warm Reds, oranges and yellows- colors associated with warm things

21. Cool Blues, greens and violets- colors associated with cool things

22. High Key Painting using many tints of a color

23. Low Key Painting using many shades or dark values of a color

24. High Intensity Pure hues

25. Low Intensity Dull hues

26. Double Split Complement The colors on each side of complementary colors

27. The End