Agenda 2/10/05 Imaging• Quick Write/Sketch• Basic Color Theory Lesson

– Today is day 1 of 3 where you will be learning about Color Theory

– You will be quizzed on Color Theory• Quiz is on Wednesday, Feb. 16• You will be allowed to use a page of notes on the quiz, so…

take notes!!!

• Photoshop Lesson #5– Using the "Color Picker" more intelligently– Adjustment Layers

• Studio Assignment #5

“Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the

hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the

soul.”

~Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky, 1866–1944• "The concept that color and musical harmony are linked

has a long history, intriguing scientists such as Sir Isaac Newton.

• Kandinsky used color in a highly theoretical way associating tone with timbre (the sound's character), hue with pitch, and saturation with the volume of sound. He even claimed that when he saw color he heard music. "

from WebMuseum, Parishttp://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/auth/kandinsky/

Quick Write/Sketch 2/10/05• “Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the

harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.”

~Wassily Kandinsky

• Respond visually (with sketches and possibly words) to Kandinsky’s works of art and his quote.

Agenda 2/10/05 (Again)• Quick Write/Sketch• Basic Color Theory Lesson

– Today is day 1 of 3 where you will be learning about Color Theory

– You will be quizzed on Color Theory• Quiz is on Wed., Feb. 16• You will be allowed to use a page of notes on the quiz, so…

take notes!!!

• Photoshop Lesson #5– Using the "Color Picker" more intelligently– Adjustment Layers

• Studio Assignment #5

Additive vs. Subtractive Color • Additive Color

– Used when working with rays of colored LIGHT (such as a theatre lighting technician)

– Primary colors are red, blue and green– When red, blue and green light overlap you get white light

• Subtractive Color– Used when working with PIGMENTS (such as paint)– Primary colors are red, blue and yellow– When red, blue and yellow paint are mixed, you get black paint (or close to it)– Subtractive color is how we see most of the world. A leaf is green because when

white light hits it, the pigment in the leaf absorbs (or "subtracts") all the wavelengths of color in light except for green, which it reflects back to us and we see "green"

Color Wheel (for "Subtractive" or Pigment-Based Color)

Primary Colors (for Subtractive Color)

Secondary Colors (for Subtractive Color)

Tertiary Colors (for Subtractive Color)

Complementary Colors (to make harmonious color schemes)

Analogous Colors (another way to make harmonious color schemes)

Other Color Theory Terms• Color is described in terms of 3 physical

properties:– Hue

• Generic name that we give to each color• "Red," "blue," "orange," etc. are all different hues

– Value• The term for the lightness or darkness of a color• Each hue can be changed in value by adding black or

white to the hue

– Intensity or Saturation• The terms for the "quality" of a color, or the relative

brightness or dullness of it

Warm and Cool Colors• Warm Colors (think fire)

– Red, orange, and yellow– Tend to be dominant in a composition

• Cool Colors (think water)– Blue, green, violet– Tend to recede in a composition

Color and Emotion• We can use color to create mood and

symbolize ideas• For example:

– Reds are thought of as active and exciting– Blues are thought of as sad or calm

• Some of the emotions that colors bring out in people are cultural

Local vs. Subjective Color• Local Color

– Using the natural color of an object– Examples include a green leaf or a red strawberry

• Subjective Color– Using a color palette decided on by the artist, not

by nature– Examples include a purple cow or green sky

2/10/05 Studio Assignment (#5)• Borrow an "Art Fundamentals" CD and

QUIETLY study the lessons on color.

• Try to make your sketch from the Quick Write/Sketch today come to life digitally in Photoshop– Pay attention to color usage!– Try to make your piece compelling!

• Don’t forget to save your file in your “Practice Work” folder!