COLOR

Hue

• The name of a pure color is HUE. For example, blue, red, yellow, etc.

• Primary colors are : Red, Yellow, Blue.

They are called primary because they cannot be made from any other colors.

• Secondary colors are: Orange, Green, Purple

They are the result of mixing the Primary colors.

Piet Mondrian

PRIMARY COLORS

SECONDARY COLORS

Color wheel of Primary,Secondary and Tertiary color

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Secondary

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COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

• Complementary colors are ACROSS from one another on the color wheel. They can be mixed to darken either color, or in equal proportions, used to make neutrals: brown, black and gray.

There are 3 sets of complements:

• RED & GREEN• YELLOW & PURPLE

• BLUE & ORANGE

6th Grade student project

TINTS AND TONES

• Tints are created when

is added to a pure HUE (or color)

• Tones are created when BLACK is added to a pure HUE (or color)

Monochromatic paintings using tints and tones

COOL COLORS

•Cool colors are BLUE, GREEN, and PURPLE

Henri Rousseau The Waterfall

Pablo Picasso The Old Guitarist

Joseph Stella Brooklyn Bridge Henri Matisse View of Notre Dame

WARM COLORS

•Warm colors are

RED, YELLOW, and ORANGE

Vincent Van Gogh Sunflowers

Georgia O’Keeffe Poppies

Henri Matisse The Red Studio

Miriam Schapiro Homage to Goncharova

Colors may be used to show a mood, feeling or an emotion.

Edvard Munch The Scream Henri-Charles Manguin View over Grimand

Analogous Colors

• Analogous colors are any 3 colors next to one another on the color wheel

Paul Cezanne Landscape

Georgia O'Keeffe Red Canna

6th Grade student work