color basics easy as …. red, yellow and blue. are 1…2…3… primary colors

Color Basics

Easy as …. Red, Yellow and BLUE

Are 1…2…3…Primary Colors

Start at the Beginning

Red (Magenta- Alizarin Crimson)

Blue (Ultra Marine Blue)

Yellow (Cadmium Yellow Medium)

Secondary Colors

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2 Primary Colors added together

Red+Blue= Purple

Yellow+Red= Orange

Blue+Yellow= Green

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Primary+ Secondary= Tertiary Color

Red+Orange= Red orange, Yellow+Green= Yellow Green

Tertiary Colors

Any color + WHITETint

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Any color + BlackSHADE

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Any color + Gray or the Complement

Tone

Oh they look SO good.Color Harmonies

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Mono= ONE, SINGLE, ALONE

Chrome=Color

Black, Grey and white are often added to create interest and add value.

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Colors that are opposites- Have nothing in common

Green (Yellow+Blue)-------Red

Purple (Blue+Red)-------Yellow

Orange(Red+Yellow)----Blue

Mixed together Equally they make Grey

Go well next to each other create Color Vibrations

Analogous

Colors with a FAMILY

Although Different- alike in that they have some of

the same PRIMARY COLOR

Example- Yellow-Green, Green, blue-green have

some of the primary yellow in them

Triadic3 colors equal distant from each other on the color wheel

EXAMPLE-

Red, Yellow Blue

Orange Green,Purple

Pop ART

art movement in the late 1950s and 1960s that reflected everyday life and common objects. Pop artists blurred the line between fine art and commercial art.

AssignmentUse 4 Color Harmonies to

create a POP art drawing of a picture

First choose your picture- 4 Thumbnails- Choose which colors you will use.

Sketch out your picture

Cut out your picture

Get Project Paper

Trace along the Edges in the 4 Squares on your project paper

COLOR YOUR DRAWING