This document discusses color theory and color schemes. It defines color as light reflected from an object to the eye. It describes color value as lightness and darkness, and how tints and shades are created by mixing colors with white and black. The color wheel is presented as arranging pure hues in a logical sequence. Primary, secondary, tertiary and neutral colors are defined. Warm colors are on the right side of the wheel and cool colors on the left. Color schemes including monochromatic, complementary, split complementary and analogous are also summarized.

1. COLOR Dr. Deepa Swamy
Associate Professor
Govt Arts Girls College, Kota

2. COLOR IS THE ELEMENT
OF ART THAT IS PRODUCED
WHEN LIGHT, STRIKING AN
OBJECT, IS REFLECTED TO
THE EYE.

3. THEORY OF COLOR
COLOR
VALUE
COLOR
WHEEL
COLOR
SCHEME

4. COLOR VALUE: CAN BE DEFINED AS
LIGHTNESS AND DARKNESS OF COLOR. IT
CAN MAKE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF
OTHER COLOR FROM COLOR WHEEL.

5. Any Color mixed with white color is called
TINT. When we mix white color in any other
color it forms a light of that color.

6. where as color mixed with black is
called SHADES. When black color is
mixed with that color than it forms
the dark shade of that color.

7. NEUTRAL COLORS
They contain equal parts of each
primary color . They are not in the color
scheme. Black, Off black, White ,Off
white ,Grey and some times brown are
known as neutral color. They play
important role in color scheme.

8. NEUTRAL COLOR

9. WARM COLORS
Warm Colors are presented in right
side of the color wheel. They are fast
and bright in nature. They makes
object look closer in art; eg red ,orange
etc.

11. COOL COLOR
They are presented in left side of the color
wheel. They are cool in nature. They
makes object far in art; e.g. blue,
purple etc. They give smooth effect to
eyes

12. BASIC ELEMENTS OF COLOR
Hue: It is the name of the color. E.g
Red ,Blue, Green.
Chroma: It is intensity of color.
Tone : It is amount of black and white
in a color

13. COLOR WHEEL
Color wheel is a circle which presents the
logically arranged sequence of pure hues.

15. COLOR SCHEME

16. PRIMARY COLOR
They are pure and basic color and
cannot be created by mixing of other
color. They are Red, Yellow and Blue.

17. SECONDARY COLOR
By mixing two primary color colors produced are
secondary color.
Red + Yellow = Orange
Yellow+ Blue = Green
Blue+ Red=Violet

18. TERTIARY COLOR SCHEME
When primary and secondary color are mixed
tertiary color are formed. Six tertiary can be
produce by mixing with one primary color with
equal part of adjacent secondary color. eg Red
Orange, Yellow Orange, Yellow Green, Blue
green ,Blue Violet, Red Violet

19. Monochromatic color scheme:
This scheme has only single color in it with
tints and shades of that particular color.
e.g. Pink, Red maroon used in a room

20. COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
They are pair of the color which
are opposite to each other in
color wheel. Eg. Red and
Green

21. SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY
It has one basic color and two secondary
color are used. It has one cool color and
two warm color or visa versa.

22. ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEME
Any three adjacent color in color wheel made
analogous color scheme. This combination of
color has very little contracts.

23. TETRADIC COLOR SCHEME
Any four color of equal distance in color
wheel is used as Tetradic color scheme.

24. BLACK AND WHITE COLOR
Black is complete absence of any color.
White is presence of all color simultaneously
Brown is a combination of red black and yellow

25. THANKS