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The Color
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The Color
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Mixing Colors
Color Meaning
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COLOR MIXING
It's easy to mix paints to make new colors. You can
use the primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) plus
black and white to get all of the colors of the
rainbow!
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COLOR MIXING
Primary + Secondary
When you mix the Primary Colors
together, you get the Secondary
Colors.
What colors
do+these
make?
Orange
Red
Yellow
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Red + BluePurple
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Blue + YellowGreen
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COLOR MIXING
Tints and Shades
Making
Tints and
Shades
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A shade of color
is made by
mixing that color
with black.
A tint of color is
made by mixing
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COLOR
MIXING
Tints and Shades
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Fields in a Rising
Storm
By Vincent Van Gogh
This painting
by Vincent Van
Gogh, Fields in
a Rising Storm,
has tints and
shades of blue
in the sky, and
tints and
shades of
green in the
fields.
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COLOR MIXING
Value, Tints, & Shades
The lightness or darkness of
a color is called its value.
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Color Schemes
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The Color
Wheel
Primary Colors
Secondary
Colors
Tertiary Colors
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Secondary Colors
Tertiary Colors
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Primary Colors
Secondary Colors
Tertiary Colors
Primary Colors
Can you see
the primary
colors in this
painting by Piet
Mondrian?
What shapes
did Mondrian
use in this
painting?
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Primary Colors
Tertiary Colors
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Secondary Colors
The secondary
colors are orange,
green, and purple.
Secondary colors
are made from
mixing the
primary colors.
Primary Colors
Secondary Colors
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Tertiary Colors
Mixing primary and secondary
colors creates tertiary colors.
Tertiary colors include:
1) Red-Violet
2) Blue-Violet
3) Blue-Green
4) Yellow Green
5) Red-Orange
6) Yellow-Orange
On the color wheel, the
tertiary colors are located
between the primary and
secondary colors they are
made from.
Cool Colors
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Warm Colors
The warm colors are
red, orange, yellow,
and anything in
between.
They are called warm
because they remind
you of the sun or fire.
Warm colors seem to
come out at you in
space.
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Cool Colors
Warm Colors
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Warm Colors
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Cool Colors
The Cool colors are
blue, green, purple
and anything in
between.
They are called cool
because they remind
you of the earth or a
cool creek.
Cool colors seem to
recede from you in
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space.
Warm Colors
Cool Colors
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Neutrals
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Color Schemes
Monochromatic
Colors
A monochromatic scheme consists of different
values (tints and shades) of a single color. An
example of a monochrome color scheme
could include any color mixed with white or
black. The example above is a green
monochromatic color scheme.
A shade of green is made by mixing green and black.
A tint of green is made by mixing green and white.
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Color Schemes
Analogous Colors
These colors are
located next to each
other on the wheel,
such as:
Blue, Blue-green,
Green
Red, Red-Orange, and
Orange
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Color Schemes
Analogous Colors
Sunflowers
By Vincent Van
Gogh
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Complementary Colors
Complementary
colors are the
colors that are
directly across from
each other on the
color wheel
Blue & Orange
Red & Green
Purple & Yellow
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Color Schemes
Complementary Colors
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Color Schemes
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Split-Complement Color
Scheme
A split-compliment
color scheme
includes a main color
and the two colors on
each side of its
complementary
(opposite) color on
the color wheel.
An example of a splitcompliment color
scheme could be
green, violet-red, and
red-orange.
Color Schemes
Double Split-Complement
Color Scheme
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Color Schemes
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Triadic Color
Scheme
The Meaning of
Color
Black
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White
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Color
An element of art which has three
properties.
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Theory
Hue
Hue refers to the
name of a color.
For example red,
blue, and purple
are hues.
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Intensity
Intensity refers to
the brightness or
dullness of a color.
An example is bright
red (or dull red).
When a hue is strong
and bright, it is said
to be high in
intensity. When a
color is faint, dull
and gray, it is said to
be low in intensity.
Intensities of Green
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Value
Here is an example of a value scale that has values ranging from the
darkest dark, to the whitest white.
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Secondary
They result from the mixing of two of the primary
Colors
colors. Orange, green, and purple.
Cool Colors
Warm Colors
Monochromatic
Tints (color + white) and shades (color +black) of a
Colors
single color.
Complementary Colors
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Analogous
Colors
Analogous colors are three colors that are right next
to each other on the color wheel.
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Secondary
They result from the mixing of two of the primary
Colors
colors. Orange, green, and purple.
Cool Colors
Warm Colors
Monochromatic
Tints (color + white) and shades (color +black) of a
Colors
single color.
Complementary Colors
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Analogous
Colors
Analogous colors are three colors that are right next
to each other on the color wheel.
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Secondary
They result from the mixing of two of the primary
Colors
colors. Orange, green, and purple.
Cool Colors
Warm Colors
Monochromatic
Tints (color + white) and shades (color +black) of a
Colors
single color.
Complementary Colors
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Analogous
Colors
Analogous colors are three colors that are right next
to each other on the color wheel.
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Secondary
They result from the mixing of two of the primary
Colors
colors. Orange, green, and purple.
Cool Colors
Warm Colors
Monochromatic
Tints (color + white) and shades (color +black) of a
Colors
single color.
Complementary Colors
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Analogous
Colors
Analogous colors are three colors that are right next
to each other on the color wheel.
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Secondary
They result from the mixing of two of the primary
Colors
colors. Orange, green, and purple.
Cool Colors
Warm Colors
Monochromatic
Tints (color + white) and shades (color +black) of a
Colors
single color.
Complementary Colors
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Analogous
Colors
Analogous colors are three colors that are right next
to each other on the color wheel.
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Secondary
They result from the mixing of two of the primary
Colors
colors. Orange, green, and purple.
Cool Colors
Warm Colors
Monochromatic
Tints (color + white) and shades (color +black) of a
Colors
single color.
Complementary Colors
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Analogous
Colors
Analogous colors are three colors that are right next
to each other on the color wheel.
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Secondary
They result from the mixing of two of the primary
Colors
colors. Orange, green, and purple.
Cool Colors
Warm Colors
Monochromatic
Tints (color + white) and shades (color +black) of a
Colors
single color.
Complementary Colors
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Analogous
Colors
Analogous colors are three colors that are right next
to each other on the color wheel.
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