1. Color

2. Color Color is the most expressive element of art
Color has strong ties to emotions
An element of art that is derived from reflected light
You see color because it reflects back to your eye
No light = no color

3. Color spectrum Always in the same order
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
Artists place these colors in a wheel (circle) to better see the relationships between the colors

4. Components of Color Hue Value Intensity
the name of a color in the spectrum
Value
the lightness or darkness of a color
Intensity
the brightness or dullness of a color

5. Color Families Primary Secondary Tertiary Red, blue, yellow
Used to create ALL other colors
Secondary
Green, orange, violet
A mixture of two primary colors
Tertiary
Six colors all with hyphenated names: red-orange, etc.
Made by mixing a primary with each of its secondary colors

6. Color Mixing Red + Yellow = Orange Blue + Yellow = Green
Blue + Red = Violet
Creating tertiary Colors
Take a secondary add back it’s two primary components, creating two new colors
Orange + yellow = yellow-orange
Orange + red = red-orange

7. Value Darker value Lighter Value Color + black = a shade
Color + white = a tint

8. Intensity The brightness or dullness of a color Complimentary Colors
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel
Mixing a color with its compliment dulls its hue or lowers its intensity
Eventually two compliments will mix to make a neutral - brown or gray

10. Color Schemes
A plan for organizing colors according to their relationship on the color wheel
Choosing colors is an important step in creating artwork and creates a mood
Part of your planning this tri will be choosing color schemes for your work

11. Monochromatic Means one color
Color scheme that uses only one hue and the tints and shades of that hue
Creates a strong unified effect

12. Analogous
Colors that sit side by side on the color wheel and have a common hue
Usually three hues
Violet, blue-violet, & red-violet
Ties work together through use of a common color

13. Complementary Pairing of complimentary colors
Creates strongest contrast
Creates sense of visual vibration if the intensity of the colors are strong

14. Color Triads
Three colors spaced an equal distance apart on the color wheel
Primary triad
Secondary triad
Creates strong contrast
Can be a disturbing color combination if the colors are too intense

15. Split complements
Combination of one hue and the colors on either side of its complement
Blue, red-orange, yellow-orange
Offers more variety than a straight complementary color scheme

16. Warm & Cool Colors Warm Cool Yellow, orange, red
Associated with warm things, happy, vibrant
Come forward
Cool
Blue, green, violet
Associated with cold things, sad, calm
Move back

17. In your sketchbook . . . Color wheel Value scale Intensity scale
Labeled correctly
Color names, warm & cool colors
Value scale
Intensity scale
Color matching
Using brush strokes on objects