Color

The Primary ColorsFor the Artist

Secondary ColorsOrange, Violet, Green

Tertiary or Intermediate Colors

Yellow Orange, Red Orange, Red Violet, Blue Violet, Blue Green, Yellow Green

RYB COLOR SYSTEM IS SUBTRACTIVE

Three Dimensions of Color

Hue, Intensity, Value

Hue = What color is it?

Intensity = How Bright or Dull is it?

Value = How light or dark is it?

Tint = Color + WhiteShade = Color +

BlackTone = Color + Gray

Black & White are Neutral

They have no color

Transparent Opaque Translucent

OTHER COLOR

THEORIES

Video & T.V.

Stage Lighting

Printing Industry

Color Schemes:

MONOCHROMATIC – Tints, tones, and Shades, of one

color

Courbet

Georgia O’Keeffe Barn in Snow

Analogous – 3 to 6 colors adjacent to each other

Diego Rivera Flower Carrier

Georgia O’Keeffe Poppy

Complementary – Colors that are opposite each other

Split Complementary – Key Color combined with colors that are

next to its complement

Jim Dine Rancho Woodcut Heart

Andy Warhol Maurice

TRIADIC – Primary or Secondary Triad

Diego Rivera Flower Seller

WARM – Yellows, Reds & Oranges

COOL – Greens, Blues, Blue-violets

Peter Max Angel witha Heart

Grant Wood Plowing

TEST YOURSELF

Jim Dine Palette

Jiang Panthers

Raphael Madonna

Georgia O’Keeffe Red Canna

Paul Cezanne Landscape

Georgia O’Keeffe Cow with Calico Rose