Understanding Color: Primary, Secondary, Intermediate and Color Schemes, Summaries of Painting

Download Understanding Color: Primary, Secondary, Intermediate and Color Schemes and more Summaries Painting in PDF only on Docsity! The Color Wheel An Introduction to the Color Wheel and Color Theory Resource List NEXT Weblinks The Color Wheel • The color wheel shows relationships between the colors. • Artists often use the color wheel to help understand how colors relate to one another. NEXT The Color Wheel Primary Colors Secondary Colors Intermediate/ Tertiary Colors Return to Main Page Click on the Red Boxes to the Right to Proceed Primary Colors • The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow. • Primary colors cannot be made from other colors. NEXT Return to Main Page Tertiary Colors Secondary Colors Primary Colors • Can you see the primary colors in this painting by Piet Mondrian? • What shapes did Mondrian use in this painting? Boogie Woogie By Piet Mondrian Return to Main Page Secondary Colors Tertiary Colors Warm Colors • The warm colors are red, orange, yellow, and anything in between. • They are called warm because they remind you of the sun or fire. • Warm colors seem to come out at you in space. Cool Colors NEXT Return to Main Page Warm Colors • In The Fighting Temeraire by William Turner, the warm colors of the sunset give a feeling of brightness and heat. Look at the red spreading from the setting sun and the deep golden glow on the water. If you're feeling cold, looking at colors like these can actually make you feel warmer! The Fighting Temeraire by William Turner Return to Main Page Cool Colors Cool Colors • The Cool colors are blue, green, purple and anything in between. • They are called cool because they remind you of the earth or a cool creek. • Cool colors seem to recede from you in space. Warm Colors NEXT Return to Main Page Analogous Colors • These colors are located next to each other on the wheel, such as: • Blue, Blue-green, Green • Red, Red-Orange, and Orange • Analogous colors are sometimes called harmonious colors. NEXT Return to Main Page Color Schemes Analogous Colors • Orange, yellow-orange, and yellow are also examples of analogous colors. They are blended nicely in Sunflowers, a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. How do you know that these colors are closely related? They share a color—each of them contains some yellow. Sunflowers By Vincent Van Gogh Return to Main Page Color Schemes Complementary Colors • Complementary colors are the colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel • Blue & Orange • Red & Green • Purple & Yellow NEXT Return to Main Page Color Schemes •This painting by Vincent Van Gogh, Fields in a Rising Storm, has tints and shades of blue in the sky, and tints and shades of green in the fields. Fields in a Rising Storm By Vincent Van Gogh Return to Main Page COLOR MIXING Tints and Shades NEXT The lightness or darkness of a color is called its value. • Tints are light values that are made by mixing a color with white. For example, pink is a tint of red (red+white), and gray is a tint of black (black+white). • Shades are dark values that are made by mixing a color with black. Maroon is a shade of red, and navy is a shade of blue. Return to Main Page COLOR MIXING Value, Tints, & Shades Go to Value Monochromatic Colors • A monochromatic scheme consists of different values (tints and shades) of a single color. An example of a monochrome color scheme could include any color mixed with white or black. The example above is a green monochromatic color scheme. • A shade of green is made by mixing green and black. • A tint of green is made by mixing green and white. Return to Main Page Color Schemes Can you identify the color scheme in the image below? Is it a…. Red, yellow and blue - may not be created by mixing other colors. They result from the mixing of two of the primary colors. Orange, green, and purple. Colors ranging between blue-violet and yellow-green on the color wheel. Colors ranging between yellow to red-violet on the color wheel. Tints (color + white) and shades (color +black) of a single color. Colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel. Analogous colors Analogous colors are three colors that are right next to each other on the color wheel. Analogous colors are three colors that are right next to each other on the color wheel. Primary Colors Secondary Colors Warm Colors Cool Colors Monochromatic Colors Complementary Colors Analogous Colors Click the Mouse Anywhere to Reveal the Answer NEXT Return to Main Page Can you identify the color scheme in the image below? Is it a…. Red, yellow and blue - may not be created by mixing other colors. They result from the mixing of two of the primary colors. Orange, green, and purple. Colors ranging between blue-violet and yellow-green on the color wheel. Colors ranging between yellow to red-violet on the color wheel. Tints (color + white) and shades (color +black) of a single color. Colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel. Analogous colors Analogous colors are three colors that are right next to each other on the color wheel. Analogous colors are three colors that are right next to each other on the color wheel. Primary Colors Secondary Colors Warm Colors Cool Colors Monochromatic Colors Complementary Colors Analogous Colors Click the Mouse Anywhere to Reveal the Answer NEXT Return to Main Page Can you identify the color scheme in the image below? Is it a…. Red, yellow and blue - may not be created by mixing other colors. They result from the mixing of two of the primary colors. Orange, green, and purple. Colors ranging between blue-violet and yellow-green on the color wheel. Colors ranging between yellow to red-violet on the color wheel. Tints (color + white) and shades (color +black) of a single color. Colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel. Analogous colors Analogous colors are three colors that are right next to each other on the color wheel. Analogous colors are three colors that are right next to each other on the color wheel. Primary Colors Secondary Colors Warm Colors Cool Colors Monochromatic Colors Complementary Colors Analogous Colors Click the Mouse Anywhere to Reveal the Answer NEXT Return to Main Page Resources Images have been borrowed from the following websites… • Fields in a Rising Storm by Vincent Van Gogh – www.factmonster.com • The Fighting Temeraire by William Turner – www.all-art.org • Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh – www.allartclassic.com • The Walk, Lady with a Parasol by Claude Monet – www.latifm.com • Snow in New York by Robert Henri – www.usc.edu • Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent – www.artcyclopedia.com • Boogie Woogie by Piet Mondrian – www.paintings.name/piet-mondrian-biography.php Return to Main Page Weblinks Web Links • Clickable Color Wheel – Basic Color Schemes Color Wheel • Carmine’s Introduction to Color – This site uses fun rhymes to explain what primary, secondary, and intermediate colors are. Mix colors before moving to another page and complete a quiz on color wheels. • Sanford's ArtEdventures with Carmine Chameleon – During this online adventure kids can learn about the color wheel, primary, secondary, and intermediate colors. Students also can find out what colors create these secondary and tertiary colors. Includes interactive game for mixing colors online. • Color Factory – Visit the online color factory for fun activities. Select the "Sorting Sector" and practice your knowledge of the color wheel by selecting and placing right colors into the circle. Go to the "Mixing Room" and create secondary and intermediate colors using online mixing machine then go to the "Messy Area" to paint pictures. • Make a Splash with Color – Learn about color. Find out why and how we see colors. Discover how hue, saturation, and brightness effect an image. Click on the "Combining All Three" link to go to the part of the site with interactive color wheel for practicing use of hue and saturation. • The Science of Light: Made from Dots – Read how cyan, magenta, and yellow colored dots are mixed together to produce images on paper. Click on the "Go" link and use three swatches to mix and match colors. • The World of Color – Here are interactive applets that demonstrate how colors interact, mix with each other, and affect images. • Additive Color – Learn what color addition is and how it works. Use spotlights to practice mixing colors. • Subtractive Color – Find out how color subtraction works and mix some colors. Return to Main Page Resource List