1. Color Theory The art and science of color interaction and effects. SYSTEMS

2. RGBRGB Red Green Blue ADDITIVE COLOR WE ADD COLORS IN ORDER TO GET WHITE Color created from beams of light. This system applies only to devices employing light computer monitors: television sets theater stage lighting

3. Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGB Light! This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.

4. RGB LIGHT RED + GREEN = YELLOW BLUE + GREEN = CYAN RED + BLUE = MAGENTA RED + GREEN + BLUE = WHITE

5. RGBRGB LIGHT FINAL QUESTION: HOW DO YOU GET BLACK? In LIGHT black is the absence of color!

6. CMYKCMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow Black SUBTRACTIVE COLOR WE SUBTRACT COLORS TO GET WHITE Used in printing

7. CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE MAGENTA + YELLOW = RED CYAN + YELLOW = GREEN CYAN + YELLOW + GREEN = BLACK CMYK PRINTING

8. CMYKCMYK FINAL QUESTION: HOW DO YOU GET WHITE? In PRINTING White is the absence of color!

9. The CMYK Color System If you look at a printed page with a magnifying glass you might see something like the illustration. Our eye mixes the colors

10. ANDY WARHOL PRINTS THIS WAY

11. RYBRYB Red Yellow Blue SUBTRACTIVE COLOR WE SUBTRACT COLORS TO GET WHITE This is what we do in the art room on a regular basis! This is how we mix colors with pigments and dyes: Paint, crayons, colored pencils, pastels etc.

12. Primary Color – RYB Color that all other colors can be made from. These 3 colors that can not be made by mixing other colors from this system together. Secondary Color – VGO Color that is made by mixing 2 primary colors together. Tertiary Color – RvRoYoYgBgBv Color that is made by mixing 1 primary color with 1 of the secondary colors that is next to it.

13. Complete Munsen Color Wheel

14. How many colors are there? Older computer systems may be limited to 216 A high quality printer is only capable of producing thousands A monitor can display millions How many colors could you make in paint?