Welcome Art 8!
Please Pick up a
1 copy from each stack
from the circle table.
Put your name and class color on each.
Show me what I expect to see of you for the
start of class.
Color Theory
The art and science of color interaction and effects.
SYSTEMS
RGBRed Green Blue
ADDITIVE COLOR WE ADD COLORS IN ORDER TO GET WHITE
Color created from beams of light.
This system applies only to devices employing light
computer monitors:
television sets
theater stage lighting
Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGBLight!
This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.
RGBLIGHT
RED + GREEN = YELLOW
BLUE + GREEN = CYAN
RED + BLUE = MAGENTA
RED + GREEN + BLUE = WHITE
RGBLIGHT
FINAL QUESTION:
HOW DO YOU GET BLACK?
In LIGHTblack is the absence of color!
CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLORWE SUBTRACT COLORS TO GET WHITE
Used in printing
CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE
MAGENTA + YELLOW = RED
CYAN + YELLOW = GREEN
C+ Y+ M= BLACK
CMYKPRINTING
CMYKPRINTING
FINAL QUESTION:
HOW DO YOU GET WHITE?
In PRINTINGWhite is the absence of color!
The CMYK Color System
If you look at a printed page with a magnifying glass you might see something like the illustration. Our eye mixes the colors
RYBRed Yellow Blue
SUBTRACTIVE COLORWE SUBTRACT COLORS TO GET WHITE
This is what we do in the art room on a regular basis!
This is how we mix colors with pigments and dyes: Paint, crayons, colored pencils, pastels etc.
Primary Color – RYB
Color that all other colors can be made from.These 3 colors can not be made by mixing other colors from this system together.
Secondary Color – VGO
Color that is made by mixing 2 primary colors together.
Tertiary Color – RvRoYoYgBgBv
Color that is made by mixing 1 primary color with 1 of the secondary colors that is next to it.
Complete Munsen Color Wheel
Color Temperature
How many colors are there?
Older computer systems may be limited to 216
A high quality printer is only capable of producing thousands
A monitor can display millions
How many colors could you make in paint?
Color Wheel
* Hue – Is the name of a specific color.
The lightness or darkness of a hue.
Color Wheel
* Hue – Is the name of a specific color.
* Value – The lightness or darkness of a hue.
Color Wheel
* Hue – Is the name of a specific color.
* Value – The lightness or darkness of a hue.
A: COLOR MIXING & EXPERIMENTATION
Value
1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.
Tone and Intensity
1.We add compliments to each other to get muddy colors
2. e can mix more and less of other colors to get millions of color variations.
A: COLOR MIXING & EXPERIMENTATION
Value
1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.
Tone and Intensity
1.We add compliments to each other to get muddy colors
2. e can mix more and less of other colors to get millions of color variations.
* Tint – A hue that has been mixed with white.
* Shade – A hue that has been mixed with black.
Color Wheel
* Hue – Is the name of a specific color.
* Value – The lightness or darkness of a hue.
* Intensity – The brightness or dullness of a color.
Color Wheel
* Hue – Is the name of a specific color.
* Value – The lightness or darkness of a hue.
* Intensity – The brightness or dullness of a color.
A: COLOR MIXING & EXPERIMENTATION
Value
1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.
Tone and Intensity
1.We add compliments to each other to get muddy colors
2. e can mix more and less of other colors to get millions of color variations.
From color mixing experimentation.
Value
1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.
Tone and Intensity
1.We add complements to each other to get neutral tones.
2. We can mix more and less of other colors to get millions of color variations.
Mixing a color with its complement to creates different tones.
1.From color mixing experimentation.
Value
1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.
Tone and Intensity •We add complements to each other to get
neutral tones.•We can mix more and less of other colors to
get millions of color variations.
Color Theory
The art and science of color interaction and effects.
SCHEMES
Achromatic – Color scheme based on white, black and varying grays
Monochromatic – Color scheme based on variations of a single hue.
Analogous – A color scheme based on hues that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel.
Mark Ryden
Complementary – Two colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
Marshall Arisman Maxfield Parrish
Hello this is Mrs. Gordon“How do you like them Apples?”
Split Complementary – Using the hues next to a color’s complement in
a composition.
Split Complementary – Using split complements is easier on the eye
than complements while still being dramatically opposite in color.
Triadic harmony – A color scheme based on three colors which are equidistant on a color wheel.
Piet Mondrian