3. • The color wheel fits together like a puzzle -
each color in a specific place.
• Being familiar with the color wheel not only
helps you mix colors when painting, but in
adding color to all your art creations.
4. • In 1672 Sir Isaac
Newton 1st represented
the relationship of colors
to one another in the
form of a circle after he
observed a beam of
sunlight passing through
a prism, producing a
rainbow
5. Color Can Evoke Emotion
• One hundred years later, Johann
Wolfgang van Goethe, a German writer
and scientist, studied how colors make us
feel
–He discovered that blue evoked quiet moods
and that red evoked cheerfulness
27. Secondary Colors
Colors that are
created from
mixing equal
amounts of a pair
of primary colors
• Orange
• Green
• Violet
28. Intermediate Colors
Colors made from
equal amounts of a
pair of primary and
secondary colors
• Yellow-Green
• Yellow-Orange
• Blue-Green
• Blue-Violet
• Red-Violet
• Red-Orange
29. The principles of color mixing let us describe a
variety of colors, but there are still many colors
to explore. The neutral colors contain equal
parts of each of the three primary colors. Black,
white, gray and sometimes brown are
considered "neutral”.
Neutral Colors
30. Tints are lightened colors. Always begin
with white and add a bit of color to the
white until the desired tint is obtained.
This is an example of a value scale for the
tints of blue.
Tints
31. Shades are darkened colors. Always begin
with the color and add just a bit of black at
a time to get the desired shade of a color.
This is an example of a value scale for the
shades of blue.
Shades
32. Color Schemes are a systematic way of
using the color wheel to put colors
together… in your art work, putting
together the clothes you wear, deciding
what colors to paint your room…..
monochromatic, complementary,
analogous, warm and cool.
33. “Mono” means “one”, “chroma” means
“color”… monochromatic color schemes
have only one color and its values. The
following slide shows a painting done in
a monochromatic color scheme.
Monochromatic
37. The analogous color scheme is 3-5 colors
adjacent to each other on the color wheel.
This combination of colors provides very
little contrast.
Analogous
45. • Who is wearing a monochromatic
shirt today?
• Are wearing mainly warm colors?
• Aare wearing mainly cool colors?
• Is anyone wearing a shirt that uses
complementary colors or analogous
colors?
46. • Can you think of an example of
complementary colors being used
together?
47. •Tint: a color plus white
•Shade: a color plus black
•Monochromatic: one color in
different tints and shades
•Neutral: white, black, gray
48. Complex Color Wheels
• Create a complex design that follows the basic
format of a color wheel while showing the
Primary,
Secondary,
and Intermediate colors
and the various tones
and shades of each
• You can take this assignment one step further
by demonstrating your knowledge of
complementary colors also
