This document discusses color and light. It explains that objects absorb all colors except the one we see reflected. The amount of available light affects how clearly we see color and detail. Cones in our eyes see color best while rods see shapes in low light. There are three types of color cones receptive to red, green, and blue light. The document also discusses additive color, subtractive color, hue, value, saturation, transparency, opacity, color blindness, color wheels, monochromatic color schemes, analogous color schemes, complementary color schemes, triadic color schemes, and split-complementary color schemes.

1. We only see a small section of
the light in the world

3. The object absorbs all the colors
except the one you see

4. Light affects color
Incandescent
Fluorescent
Natural
daylight

6. The less light that is available the
less clearly we see
• In bright light we see
color and detail
• In low light we see
shape and grey

7. Cones and rods
• Cones see color best.
• Rods see shape and in low light

8. There are three types of cones
• Each type is receptive
to different color of
light
• Red
• Green
• Blue

13. Though the colors of the middle
squares seem to look the same, they
are different, as the next figure
shows:

15. The three ways we talk about
colors are:

17. Additive
Subtractive

18. In this example the center bar
experiences a hue shift.

19. In this example the center bar
seems to changes in value.

20. In this example the center bar
appears to change in saturation

21. Transparent: Has little white in it. Made of
Less opaque pigment.

22. OPAQUE: Often has a lot of white
Or made of pigment that is opaque

23. Color Blindness
A better label would be color
deficiency

24. 19 out of 20 people see these hat
in this manner

25. 1 in 20 are red/green deficient

26. Standard red/green test

31. Earth

32. Red/Green deficient

33. Yellow/Blue deficient

35. Average
Red/Green deficient
Yellow/Blue
deficient

37. Make your primary, secondary and
teritary colors a different size or
shape and keep it consistant!

38. 12 hue color wheel

40. Color Value Scale
RedRed +Black Red + White

41. Monochromatic
•Referring to a
color combination
based on
variations in value
and saturation of a
single hue,
sometimes with
the addition of
some neutral
colors.

42. Monochromatic
Blue
Blue +
White
Blue +
Black
Blue +
Grey
Blue +
Orange

43. • Those lying next to
each other on the
color wheel
• (usually 3).
ANALOGOUS

44. Analogous
Blue-Violet Blue Blue-Green

45. • Colors that lie
opposite each
other on a color
wheel. When
placed side by side
they will intensify
each other
visually; when
mixed as pigments
they will dull each
other.
COMPLEMENTARY

46. COMPLEMENTARY
Blue More Blue/ More Orange Orange

47. TRIAD
• Three colors equal
distant from each
other on the color
wheel.

48. TRIAD
Green
Violet
Orange

49. TRIAD
Red
Blue
Yellow

50. • A color
combination
whereby a hue is
used with the hues
lying to either side
of its direct
complementary.
SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

51. SPLIT-
COMPLEMENTARY
YellowBlue-violet
Red-violet

52. Violet
Yellow-Orange
Blue