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Color
•The primary color wheel consists of three colors. These cannot be made by mixing other colors. All other colors are created with these three.
•Red•Yellow•blue
red + yellow = orange yellow + blue = green red + blue = purple
red + yellow = orange yellow + blue = green red + blue = purple
These 3 new colors are created by combining colors that are side by side on the primary color wheel.
These 6 colors are the colors formed by mixing one primary and one secondary color.
Colors relate to different feelings.
•Blue – coolness
•Yellow – warming
• Blues• Purples• Greens
Warm Colors Cool Colors
Neutral ColorsBlacks,Blacks, Whites,Grays, & Tans
• Reds• Oranges
• Yellows
Reds• energy, war, danger, strength,
power, passion• intense• high visibility• danger• Pinks for romance, love, and
friendship
Oranges• joy, sunshine, and the tropics
• a very hot color - not as aggressive as red
• color of fall and harvest
Yellows• sunshine• attention getter
Green• nature• safety
Blue• sky and sea• tranquility and calmness
Purple• Royalty
• extravagance
White• Innocence and purity
• Color of perfection• Clean
Black• strength • formal
MonochromaticMonochromaticVariations of a single colorVariations of a single color
AnalogousAnalogousColors are adjacent to each other on the Colors are adjacent to each other on the color wheelcolor wheel
ComplementaryComplementaryTwo colors Two colors oppositeopposite each other on the color each other on the color wheel wheel complementcomplement each other. each other.
These color schemes consist of two colors opposite each other on the color wheel. This means that with any color choice , it will be a combination of a warm color and a cool color.
Examples:
Xanti Schawinsky
Stanley William Hayter
Uses variations in lightness and saturation of a single color.
»a clean look » elegant effect»soothing feeling»easy on the eyes
Paul Levy
Closely related colors used together - examples:
•Warm colors (red, yellow, orange)
•Cool colors (blue, green, purple)
Analogous Scheme
Analogous Scheme
Mary Cassatt The Boating Party, 1893/1894
Analogous Colors
Fall tree and leaf sunrise photos from Wisconsin 2008. Photos by Mike Fisk, http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2009/05/sunrise-close-ups-of-autumnfall-leaves.html
• Color wheel – shows the colors and their relationships.
• Color scheme – complementary, monochromatic, and analogous schemes.