Using Color to Create Value and Form

Color Schemes

Historical value-Paul Cezanne

Jacques-Louis David

Johannes Vermeer

Contemporary Value-Kehinde Wiley

Mary Brumund

Color Schemes

• Monochromatic=A color scheme using a variation of tints and shades of the same hue

• Analogous=A color scheme that uses colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel.

• Complementary=A color scheme that is made of two colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel

Monochromatic

Analogous

Complementary

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