Where does color come from?

• Ray of light is the source of all color.

Color• Alters the

appearance of form and space.

• Affects our performance abilities.

• Changes our moods.

The Color Wheel• Basic tool used when working with

colors.

The Color Wheel• Consist of12 hues

• Divided into three categories…

Primary Colors• Red, Yellow, and

Blue• Cannot be

combined or mixed with any other color.

•The three colors from which all other colors can be made.

•Equal distance from each other on color wheel.

RED YELLOW BLUE

Secondary Colors• Green, violet, and

orange• Combining two

Primary colors.

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ORANGE

GREEN

VIOLET

INTERMEDIATE (Tertiary Colors)

• Yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange.

• Combining a primary and a secondary hue.

• Primary color listed first.

•Appealing combinations of colors.

1. Neutral• Absence of color. • Black, white, and gray __________________________________________

_________• White reflects light.• Black absorbs all colors.• Gray is a blend of black and white.

ACCENTED NEUTRAL COLOR SCHEME

Combines white, black, gray and sometimes beige with a bright color accent.

2. Monochromatic

• Tints and shades of one color on the color wheel

BLUE

3. ANALOGOUSUses adjacent or neighboring colors on the color wheel with

varying values and intensities of the colors.

Blue-Violet, Violet, Red-Violet

4. Complement• Two colors that

are directly opposite each other on the color wheel.

• Examples: Yellow and Violet

5. Split Complement

• A color scheme using one color with the two colors on the sides of its complement.

• Examples: Yellow, Blue Violet, Red Violet

6. Triad•Three colors that are equal distance apart on the color wheel.

•Examples: Blue, Red, Yellow

Warm Colors•Colors found in fire and the sun.

•Yellow-green to red

Cool Colors•Colors found in snow and ice.

•Green to red-violet