colour, secondary, theory

1. colors

3. Color doesn’t exist!
Color is created only when our
brain tries to make sense from
light signals it receives from the
outer world. In other words, it’s
all in your head.
Without that, our world is a
monochromatic place bathing in
electromagnetic radiation of
varied intensity and
wavelengths. Nothing fun about
that unless you’re into physics.

4. • Color is a property of light. Our eyes see only a small part of
the electromagnetic spectrum.
The perception of the colours

6. Spectrum of light
• White light can be divided into it's component parts by
passing it through a prism. The light is separated by
wavelength and a spectrum is formed.
• Sir Isaac Newton was the first to discover this phenomenon
in the seventeenth century and he named the colors of the
spectrum.

7. • If the ends of the spectrum are bent around and joined
a color circle (color wheel) is formed with purple at the
meeting place.
  

8. An opaque body, that is to say not transparent absorbs great part
of the light that it illuminates and reflects a more or less small
part. When this body absorbs all the colors contained in the white
light, the object seems to be black. When it reflects all the colors
of the spectrum, the object seems to be white. The absorbed
colors disappear inside the object, the reflected ones come to the
human eye. The colors that we visualize are, therefore, those that
the own objects do not absorb, but they spread them.

9. HOW WE PERCEIVE THE RED ONE OF AN OBJECT?
The tomato seems to us of red color, because the eye
only receives the red light reflected by the vegetable,
absorbs the green one and the blue and reflects only the
red one. A yellow banana absorbs the blue color and
reflects the colors red and green, which added allow to
visualize the yellow color.

10. Now we know how we
receive colours, let´s go to
study more about types of
colours and their features.

11. RGB
ADDITIVE COLOR
Color created from beams of light.

12. RGB
Red Green Blue
ADDITIVE COLOR

13. RGB
Red Green Blue
ADDITIVE COLOR
Color created from beams of light.

14. RGB
Red Green Blue
ADDITIVE COLOR
Color created from beams of light.
This system applies only to devices employing light
• computer monitors
• television sets
• theater stage lighting

15. RGB
Red Green Blue
ADDITIVE COLOR
Color created from beams of light.
This system applies only to devices employing light
• computer monitors
• television sets
• theater stage lighting

16. RGB
Red Green Blue
ADDITIVE COLOR
Color created from beams of light.
This system applies only to devices employing light
• computer monitors
• television sets
• theater stage lighting

17. RGB
Red Green Blue
ADDITIVE COLOR
Color created from beams of light.
This system applies only to devices employing light
• computer monitors
• television sets
• theater stage lighting

18. RGB
Red Green Blue
ADDITIVE COLOR
WE ADD COLORS IN ORDER TO GET WHITE
Color created from beams of light.
This system applies only to devices employing light
• computer monitors
• television sets
• theater stage lighting

19. Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGB
Light!
This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.

20. RGB
LIGHT
RED + GREEN = YELLOW
BLUE + GREEN = CYAN
RED + BLUE = MEGENTA
RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

21. RGB
LIGHT
RED + GREEN = YELLOW
BLUE + GREEN = CYAN
RED + BLUE = MEGENTA
RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

22. RGB
LIGHT
RED + GREEN = YELLOW
BLUE + GREEN = CYAN
RED + BLUE = MEGENTA
RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

23. Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGB
Light!
This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.

24. RGB
LIGHT
RED + GREEN = YELLOW
BLUE + GREEN = CYAN
RED + BLUE = MEGENTA
RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

25. RGB
LIGHT
RED + GREEN = YELLOW
BLUE + GREEN = CYAN
RED + BLUE = MEGENTA
RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

26. Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGB
Light!
This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.

27. RGB
LIGHT
RED + GREEN = YELLOW
BLUE + GREEN = CYAN
RED + BLUE = MAGENTA
RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

28. RGB
LIGHT
RED + GREEN = YELLOW
BLUE + GREEN = CYAN
RED + BLUE = MAGENTA
RED + GREEN + BLUE = WHITE

29. Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGB
Light!
This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.

30. RGB
LIGHT
RED + GREEN = YELLOW
BLUE + GREEN = CYAN
RED + BLUE = MAGENTA
RED + GREEN + BLUE = WHITE

31. RGB
LIGHT
FINAL QUESTION:

32. RGB
LIGHT
FINAL QUESTION:
HOW DO YOU GET BLACK?

33. RGB
LIGHT
FINAL QUESTION:
HOW DO YOU GET BLACK?
In LIGHT
black is the absence of color!

34. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.

35. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.
CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE

36. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.

37. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.
CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE

38. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.
CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE
MAGENTA + YELLOW = RED

39. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.

40. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.
CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE
MAGENTA + YELLOW = RED

41. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.
CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE
MAGENTA + YELLOW = RED
CYAN + YELLOW = GREEN

42. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.

43. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.
CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE
MAGENTA + YELLOW = RED
CYAN + YELLOW = GREEN

44. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.
FINAL QUESTIONS:
How do we get BLACK?

45. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.
FINAL QUESTIONS:
How do we get BLACK?
BLACK IS THE PRESNENCE OF ALL COLORS
How do we get WHITE?

46. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.
FINAL QUESTIONS:
How do we get BLACK?
BLACK IS THE PRESNENCE OF ALL COLORS
How do we get WHITE?

47. CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
Used in printing.
FINAL QUESTIONS:
How do we get BLACK?
BLACK IS THE PRESNENCE OF ALL COLORS
How do we get WHITE?
WHITE IS THE ABSENCE OF ALL COLORS

49. Color has three distinct properties: Hue, Value and Saturation. To
understand color you must understand how these three properties relate
to each other.
• Hue: When someone is talking about hue they are talking about the
actual color of an object. Green is a hue as are red, yellow, blue,
purple, etc.
• Value/Brightness: Is a measure of how light or dark a hue is. Adding
white to a hue makes it lighter and increases its value or brightness.
Consequently adding black makes it darker and lowers the value or
brightness.
• Saturation: is the degree of purity of a hue. Pure hues are highly
saturated. When gray is added the color becomes de-saturated.
Properties of Color

50. Properties of Color
Understanding Hue,
Value and
Saturation using the
Adobe Photoshop
Color Picker
Try this out yourself to understand the difference between Value & Saturation
Hue
Saturation Value/Brightness

51. Color Wheel
Hue – Is the name of a specific color.
Value – The lightness or darkness of a hue.
Intensity – The brightness or dullness of a color.

52. Hue – Is the name of a
specific color.
Value – The lightness or
darkness of a hue.
Intensity – The brightness or
dullness of a color.

53. The underlying, fundamental color, dictated by its
dominant wavelength.
Hue

56. The characteristic of a color which makes it appear either
warm or cool in feeling. Red, orange, and yellow are
usually considered warm while colors containing blue are
thought of as cool.
Refers to the heat that a color generates, both physically
and psychologically
Temperature
Warm Cool

57. Calientes
Warm Colors

58. Cool Colours

59. The lightness (tint, when you add white) or
darkness (shade, when you add black) of a hue.
The quantity of light reflected.
Value

61. Tint ColoursShade colours

62. Intensity/Saturation
The brightness or dullness of a hue.
The strength or purity of a color.

66. Wim Delvoye

69. EMENBERING

70. What are the primary colors?
They are the three pigment colors that
cannot be made by mixing any other
colors.
MAGENTA, CYAN, and YELLOW are
primary colors.
These three colors are mixed to create all
other colors
Can I make primarycolors?
Remember, you cannot make primaries;
you must buy them
Primary colors

71. By mixing two primary colors, a
secondary color is created:
• Magenta + Yellow = Red
• Yellow + Cyan = Green
• Cyan + Magenta = blue.Purple
What are the secondary color?
Orange, green, and purple are secondary colors.
Can I make secondaries color?
Remember, You can make secondaries. You do not
have to buy them.
Secondary colors

72. •red-orange
•yellow-orange
•yellow-green
•blue-green
•blue-purple
•red-purple
Tertiary colors are also known as intermediate colors
•We use the names of the two secondary colors to describe them.
•When a hue is yellow and green at the same time, we call it a yellow-
green or a green- yellow, depending on whether it is closer to green or
yellow.
Tertiary colors

74. COMPLEMENTARY
COLOURS

75. Complementary COLORS
Hues that oppose one another on the
color wheel. When paired in a
composition, complementary colors
create contrast; when mixed,
complementary colors produce a wide
range of browns.

76. Work
Accomplishment Hickethier´Cube

77. CUBO-HICKETHIER
• Alfred Hickethier's cube. It is a
question of a regular cube to
which a color is assigned to
every vertex. Of the vertex to
which the white color has been
assigned there comes near,
across the corresponding edges,
to the vertexes of yellow, cyan
and magenta. Of the vertex
opposite to the white, the black,
one accedes to the violet
vertexes, red and green. Every
vertex of color has in the
opposite one his not color or
complementary.

82. Color Psychology• Colors can have different effects on people and can even hold different cultural
meanings beyond what may be naturally intuitive.

83. The Social & Cultural
Symbolism of ColorsO Understand the Social & Cultural Symbolism of Colors. Colors carry a strong emotional weight for
most people, due to the social connotations that are often associated with them.
By Geography
Australian Aboriginals: Land, Earth
China: Good Luck, Celebration, Summoning
Israel: Sacrifice, Sin
India: Purity
South Africa: Color Of Mourning
Russia: Bolsheviks And Communism
Eastern: Worn By Brides, Happiness And Prosperity
Western: Excitement, Danger, Love, Passion, Stop, Christmas (With Green),
Valentine’s Day
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Gemini
Feng Shui: Yang, Fire, Good Luck, Money, Respect, Recognition, Vitality
Psychology: Stimulates Brain Wave Activity, Increases Heart Rate, Increases Blood
Pressure
Roses: Love, Respect — Red And Yellow Together Means Gaiety, Joviality.
Red

84. The Social & Cultural
Symbolism of Colors
By Geography
Korea: Trust
Eastern: Marriage
Western: Love, Babies, Especially Female Babies, Valentine’s Day
Other Symbolism
Feng Shui: Yin, Love
Psychology: Used In Diet Therapy As An Appetite Suppressant, Relaxes Muscles,
Soothing
Roses: Gratitude And Appreciation (Deep Pink) Or Admiration & Sympathy (Light Pink)
Pink
By Geography
Ireland: Religious (Protestants)
Netherlands: House Of Orange
Western: Halloween (With Black), Creativity, Autumn
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Sagittarius
Feng Shui: Yang, Earth, Strengthens Conversation, Purpose, Organization Psychology:
Energizes, Stimulates Appetite
Roses: Enthusiasm, Desire
Orang
e

85. The Social & Cultural
Symbolism of Colors
By Geography
Eastern: Wealth, Strength
Western: Wealth
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Leo (Golden Yellow/Orange)
Feng Shui: Yang, Metal, God Consciousness
Gold
By Geography
Thailand: Mourning, Widows
Eastern: Wealth Western: Royalty
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Gemini, Sagittarius, And Pisces
Feng Shui: Yin, Spiritual Awareness, Physical And Mental Healing
Purple

86. The Social & Cultural
Symbolism of Colors
By Geography
China: Nourishing, Royalty
Egypt: Mourning
India: Merchants
Japan: Courage
Eastern: Proof Against Evil, For The Dead, Sacred, Imperial
Western: Hope, Hazards, Coward, Weakness, Taxis
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Taurus
Feng Shui: Yang, Earth, Auspicious, Sun Beams, Warmth, Motion
Psychology: Energizes, Relieves Depression, Improves Memory, Stimulates Appetite
Roses: Sociability, Friendship, Joy, Gladness
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By Geography
Western: Babies, Especially Male Babies
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Virgo
Baby
Blue

87. The Social & Cultural
Symbolism of Colors
By Geography
China: Green Hats Imply A Man’s Wife Is Cheating On Him, Exorcism
India: Islam
Ireland: Symbol Of The Entire Country, Religious (Catholics)
Islam: Perfect Faith
Japan: Life
Eastern: Eternity, Family, Health, Prosperity, Peace
Western: Spring, New Birth, Go, Money, Saint Patrick’s Day, Christmas (With Red)
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Cancer (Bright Green)
Feng Shui: Yin, Wood, Growing Energy, Nurturing, Balancing, Healing, Health, Calming
Psychology: Soothing, Relaxing Mentally And Physically, Helps With Depression,
Anxiety And Nervousness
Green
By Geography
Eastern: Helpers, Travel
Western: Boring, Dull, Plain, Sad
Other Symbolism
Feng Shui: Yin, Metal, Dead, Dull, Indefinite
Gray

88. The Social & Cultural
Symbolism of Colors
By Geography
China: Immortality
Iran: Color Of Heaven And Spirituality, Mourning
Eastern: Wealth, Self-cultivation
Western: Depression, Sadness, Conservative, Corporate, "Something Blue" Bridal
Tradition
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Capricorn And Aquarius (Dark Blue)
Feng Shui: Yin, Water, Calm, Love, Healing, Relaxing, Peace, Trust, Adventure,
Exploration
Psychology: Calming, Lowers Blood Pressure, Decreases Respiration
Blue
By Geography
Australian Aboriginals: Color Of The Land
Western: Wholesome, Earthy, Dependable, Steadfast, Health
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Capricorn And Scorpio (Reddish Brown)
Feng Shui: Yang, Earth, Industry, Grounded
Brow
n

89. The Social & Cultural
Symbolism of Colors
By Geography
China: Death, Mourning
India: Unhappiness, Mourning, Peace
Japan: White Carnation Symbolizes Death
Eastern: Funerals, Helpful People, Children, Marriage, Mourning, Peace, Travel
Western: Brides, Angels, Good Guys, Hospitals, Doctors, Peace (White Dove)
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Aries And Pisces
Feng Shui: Yang, Metal, Death, Mourning, Spirits, Ghosts, Poise, Confidence
Roses: Reverence, Humility, Truce
White
Other Symbolism
Astrology: Virgo And Libra
Psychology: Suppresses Appetite, Peaceful Environment, Good For Migraines
Violet

90. The Social & Cultural
Symbolism of Colors
By Geography
Australian Aboriginals: Color Of The People
China: Color For Young Boys
Thailand: Bad Luck, Unhappiness, Evil
Eastern: Career, Evil, Knowledge, Mourning, Penance
Western: Funerals, Death, Halloween (With Orange), Bad Guys, Rebellion
Other Symbolism
Feng Shui: Yin, Water, Money, Income, Career Success, Emotional Protection, Power,
Stability, Bruises, Evil
Psychology: Self-confidence, Strength, Power
Black
Other Symbolism
Western: Stylish, Money
Feng Shui: Yin, Metal, Trust, Romance
Silver

91. Work
Accomplishment Complementary colours
work

92. Complementary
colours
The ones which keep the highest
contrast
The ones which are opposited in
the colour wheel

93. COMPLEMENTARY
COLOURS

94. You have been given a image with the different
spaces of the drawing

95. Then you have to choose one pair of complementary
colours

96. Using only that two complementary colours, black and
white you should create different hues to complete the
drawing.
You can mix one complementary with the quantity of black
or white you want, and the same with the other one.
You can´t mix both complementary colours together.
The more different hues you achieve the higher mark you
will have
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