Modern

Christian Herrera Nicole Galvin

Theory

Color

Albert Munsell & Color Properties

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“Desire to fit a chosen contour, such as the pyramid, cone,

cylinder or cube, coupled with a lack of proper test, has led to many distorted statements of color relations, & it becomes

evident, when physical measurement of pigment values & chromas is studied, that no regular

contour will serve.” – Albert H. Munsell, A Pigment Color System & Notation

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Hue – measured around horizontal circles

Chroma – measured radially outward from the vertical axisValue – measured vertically

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HUE

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Example of Munsell’s SystemA Light Yellow Hue with a Dark Color Mixed In =

5Y 8/12Pure yellow (5Y) of light hue (8) with a hint of the complimentary color purple (identified by its value in the mix as 12)

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Johannes Itten

Color Contrasts

Contrasts of Hue The interaction of

two or more different colors

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Light-Dark Contrast

Contrast between

light values & dark values

Cold

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Complementary Contrast

Simultaneous

Contrast

Saturation

Contrast

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Contrast of Extension (Proportion)

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Josef Albers

Color

Interaction

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AFTERIMAGE

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PartitiveColorMixing

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Simultaneous ContrastOne Color Appears as Two

Simultaneous ContrastTwo Colors Appear as One

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Color Mixing Models

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Subtractive RYB color

Color Receptors

REDGREENBLUE

RGB

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Additive Primary Colors

Secondary Light Colors

• Green + Blue = Cyan• Blue + Red = Magenta • Red +Green = Yellow • (CMY)• Red + Green + Blue = White

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RGB Color Experience

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RYB Subtractive Mixing

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The MixPrimary Color system

in art classes.

Red + Yellow = Orange

Yellow + Blue = Green

Blue + Red= Violet

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RYB = Duller Color

In RYB subtractive mixing,R + Y + B = Black.The secondary colors in RYB subtractive mixing are duller than both the CMY Subtractive triad and Additive’s RGB triad secondary colors.

RYB (Subtractive) CMY (Subtractive)

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Complementary

Colors at opposite ends of the color wheel.

Creates a visual vibration.

Ex. Green and Red.

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Split Complimentary Color scheme that uses two adjacent colors and their compliment. There is a visual contrast as the Complimentary scheme but its easier on the eyes.Ex. Green, purple, and orange,

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Double Complimentary

Double complimentary uses four colors, these are two pairs of complimentary colors.

Complimentary colors intensify each other; this would make some colors combinations easier to look at than others.

Ex. Red, Orange. Green, and Blue.

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AnalogousAn analogous color scheme uses colors which are next to each other on the color wheel.

This color scheme is usually the most pleasing to the human eyes, since the colors carry similar wavelengths.

Ex. Cool colors, Light-Blue, green, and light-green

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TriadicA combination of three colors on the color wheel which are evenly spaced on the color wheel.This scheme tends to be pretty vibrant regardless of combination of colors. Ex. Purple, Orange, and green.

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SquareThis scheme consists of four color evenly spaced of the color wheel.

Ex. Red, blue, green, and yellow.

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MonochromaticThis is color

scheme where you use a single hue to

make tints or shades of a color

to explore saturation and

lightness.

Ex. Red to pink.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/CPT-Websites-monochrome.svg/201px-CPT-Websites-monochrome.svg.png.

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