Color is one of the most expressive elements because its quality affects our emotions directly and immediately. In representational art

color serves to identify objects and to create the illusion of space.

Janet FishOrange Sunflower/Red Cellophanes, 2005

Color Wheel: The Color Wheel is a diagram that organizes colors. The purpose of the color wheel is to show the relationship of colors to each other. It also helps us to find ways colors look good together(color schemes).

Primary ColorsCyan, Magenta and Yellow

Secondary ColorsCreated by mixing two primary colors together.

Yellow +Magenta = Orange Yellow + Cyan= GreenCyan + Magenta = Violet

Tertiary ColorsThese are the six colors you get when mixing one primary with one secondary.

Yellow + Green = Yellow-Green Cyan+ Green = Cyan-GreenCyan + Violet = Cyan-Violet Magenta + Violet = Magenta-Violet Magenta + Orange = Magenta-Orange Yellow + Orange = Yellow-Orange

Hue is another word for color and it basically means the color pigment is present.

Value: involves the lightness and darkness of a color. A color is made lighter by adding white and darker by adding black.

All of these have the basic hue of magenta!

The 3 properties of color

Monochromatic: A range of value for one color from light to dark.

Tint: The light end ofa monochromatic value scale; made with one color and varying degrees of whiteShade: The dark end of a monochromatic value scale; made with one color plus varying degrees black.

Achromatic: A range of value going from black to white

Color Value

Marcel Duchamp (28 July 1887 – 2

October 1968)

Jan VermeerGirl Asleep at a table 1657

Pablo PicassoThe Tragedy 1903

Warm ColorsLeft side of color wheel

Cool ColorsRight side of color wheel

Above we have the same composition but with warm and cool dominance differences. These groups of colors create different emotional reactions. Warm colors advance in a picture plane; cool colors recede in a picture plane.

Visual Color Mixing Some artists don't blend their colors together. They allow the viewer's eyes to visually mix the colors together.

George Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 1884

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/51.112.6

Color Harmony: Color Schemes are used as a guide to find groups of colors that consistently look good together. They are based on the color wheel.

Complimentary Pairs: cyan/orange; yellow/violet; magenta/green. These colors are directly across from each other on the color wheel. When mixed together they make a neutral tone. When juxtaposed they flicker. You can make a color less bright and intense by blending in a small amount of its complement.

What is the complement of cyan?What is the complement of magenta/orange?

Vincent Van Gogh Fritillaries 1880

Cezanne La Montage Saint Victoire 1886

Split Complementary: a color scheme consisting of a colorplus the two colors on either side of its compliment.Example: Magenta, yellow-green, cyan-green. There are always three colors in this color scheme.

What are the colors that are split complements of magenta-orange?What are the colors that are split complements of cyan?

Analogous: colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Example: Yellow, yellow-green, green

What are 2 colors that would be analogous with blue?

Vincent Van GoghThe Iris 1889

Intensity: The brightness or dullness of a color, achieved by the colors complement.

Left example has high intensity. It's very bright.Right example is low in intensity. It's very dull.