COLOR !
HUE
The name of a color as it
appears on the color
wheel:
red, orange, yellow,
red-violet, etc…
PRIMARY COLORS
Red, yellow, and blue
With these three colors
(and black and white) all other
colors can be made.
The primary colors themselves
can not be made by mixing other
colors.
Secondary colors are
orange, violet and green
Those colors which are created by
the mixture of two primary colors in
approximately equal proportions.
yellow + blue = green, blue + red = violet,
red + yellow = orange
Tertiary Colors
Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet,
blue-green and yellow-green.
Those colors created by the
mixture of an adjacent primary
and secondary color.
The tertiary colors are named by
combining the names of the two
parent colors, with the primary
element listed first:
orange + red = red-orange
ANALOGOUS COLORS
An analogous color scheme consists of any three
or four adjacent colors on the color wheel.
Their proximity to one another assures that analogous colors will contribute to a
harmonious scheme, and where colors meet, they will blend beautifully.
COMPLEMENTARY COLORS
Hues which are opposite each other on the color wheel.
The complement of red is green, the complement of
yellow-orange is blue-violet, etc.
When two complements are placed next to each other
each color appears at its highest visual strength.
Split Complimentary scheme
Involves one
color and the
colors on either
side of it’s
compliment
Neutrals
When you mix any 2
compliments you
get brown:
RED + GREEN = BROWN
YELLOW + VIOLET = BROWN
BLUE + ORANGE = BROWN
WARM COLORS
Red orange yellow
warm colors tend to advance in visual space
COOL COLORS
Violet blue green
cool colors recede in space
Monochromatic Color Scheme
The use of a single color and it’s various tints and shades (or values)
TINT - Hue plus white (lighter value)
SHADE - Hue plus black (darker value)
TONE - Hue plus grey
Achromatic scale – A grey scale
VALUE - The natural lightness or darkness of a hue or the amount of white or
black in a color, pink is a light value of red, navy-blue is a dark value of blue,
etc…It deals with the quantity of light.
This painting has a variety of values in each section
of blue pink and green.
INTENSITY - The purity of a hue. A hue at it’s highest intensity has no other
color mixed with it. A hue loses its intensity as another color is added to it.
It deals with the quality of light.
This painting has the highest intensity
because only the 3 primaries are present. If
they were secondary colors, the painting
would have a lower intensity.
What color schemes do you see ???