Color Wheel Notes
Please fill out your Agenda!Then please take a Socrative quiz
Classroom: SchafrothArt
Then grab a piece of blank paper from the center of your table. Hold your paper
landscape, and put your name and period on the back.
Color Theory NotesWhat is color: Color is made up of light. There must be light for us to see color.
1.) Primary Colors
• Yellow, Red, Blue
2.) Secondary Colors
• Orange=• Purple (Violet)=• Green=
Yellow + RedRed + Blue
Yellow + Blue
Color Theory NotesWhat is color: Color is made up of light. There must be light for us to see color.
1.) Primary:YellowRedBlue
Primary + Secondary
2.) SecondaryOrangePurple (Violet)Green
3.) Tertiary
YO, RO, RV, BV, BG, YG
Value Scale: the colors go from light to dark as you go from top to bottom
Warm Colors:
Cool Colors:
Yellow, Red, Orange
Blue, Green, Purple (Violet)
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Come towards you
Go away from you
Warm and Cool Colors: How do they work?
• Look at the artist Paul Cezanne– He uses warm and cool colors to create the illusion of
space within his landscapes by applying color straight on to the canvas in large strokes
Color Theory NotesWhat is color: Color is made up of light. There must be light for us to see color.
1.) Primary:YellowRedBlue
Primary + Secondary
2.) SecondaryOrangePurple (Violet)Green
3.) Tertiary
YO, RO, RV, BV, BG, YG
Value Scale: the colors go from light to dark as you go from top to bottom
Warm Colors:
Cool Colors:
Yellow, Red, Orange
Blue, Green, Purple (Violet)
Cre
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s sp
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or
the illu
sion o
f sp
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Come towards you
Go away from you
Color Scheme:•Color Plan•Colors that look good together
Analogous: Complementary:
3 colors that are side by side on the color wheelEx.) RO + R + RV
2 colors that create high contrast2 colors that look good togetherAcross or opposite each other
Color Scheme:
•Color Plan•Colors that look good together
Analogous: Complementary:
3 colors that are side by side on the color wheelEx.) RO + R + RV
2 colors that create high contrast2 colors that look good togetherAcross or opposite each other
Analogous: Complementary:
Color Wheel Notes
Please keep these notes some where safe. You will need them for tomorrow’s activity.