The document discusses color theory and color schemes. It explains that red, yellow, and blue are primary colors that cannot be mixed from other colors. Secondary colors are made by mixing two primary colors, and tertiary colors are made by mixing a primary color with its neighboring secondary color. The color wheel is used to show primary, secondary, and tertiary colors as well as complementary, analogous, monochromatic, and discordant color schemes. Cultural differences in color symbolism are also examined, such as different traditions for wedding dress colors across cultures and the changing symbolism of the color green over time in Western culture.

1. COLORY THEORY

2. COLOR SCHEMES

3. Red, yellow and blue are the
primary colors. No colors can be
mixed together to make them.
PRIMARY COLORS

4. Secondary colors are made by
mixing equal parts of two primary
colors.
SECONDARY COLORS

5. Secondary color
Ex: Blue and Yellow = Green

6. Tertiary colors are made by mixing a
primary color with its secondary
neighbor. The first part of the name is
the primary color, the second part of
the name is the secondary color.
TERTIARY COLORS

7. For example: Red-Orange and
Yellow-Orange are tertiary colors.
There are 6 of these color combinations.
See the color wheel - 12 colors next slide.
TERTIARY COLORS

8. 13) Color wheel - 12 colors.
This color wheel shows primary (circle)
secondary (square) and tertiary colors
(triangle)

9. Complementary colors consist of one
primary and one secondary color across
from each other on the color wheel. For
example:
Red and Green, Blue and Orange, Yellow
COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

10. 12) 6 color wheel - 6 colors.

11. Monochromatic colors are shades
and tints of one color. This color
scheme is harmonious, restful and
subtle.
It consists of different hues and
MONOCHROMATIC COLORS

12. Color discord is created by using colors
widely separated on the color wheel.
These colors are visually disturbing... they
clash! But however unpleasant, they can
provide excitement. For example: Violet
and red.
COLOR DISCORD

13. 13) Color wheel - 12 colors.

14. Other examples include: (a) a primary
color and a tertiary color beyond an
adjacent secondary (red and blue-violet);
a secondary and a tertiary beyond the
primary (blue-violet and blue-green).
COLOR DISCORD CONTINUED

15. Three to four colors adjacent on the
color wheel. Analogous color schemes
use colors that are next to each other on
the color wheel. See color wheel next
ANALOGOUS COLOR

16. color wheel showing analogous colors.

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19. WARM AND COOL COLORS...

20. COLOR MATTERS QUIZ
colors and countries
Color Matters for What You Wear
Clothes are like a second skin.
Most likely you feel good when you wear your favorite color. What happens when someone sees you wearing this color?
Does the color send a message?
One of the most common examples of color symbolism in clothing is the custom of using pink for girls and blue for boys ... but
it wasn’t always this way. This tradition emerged at the turn of the 20th century. Since pink was thought to be a stronger color,
it was best suited for boys; blue was more delicate and dainty and best for girls. In 1921, the Women's Institute for Domestic
Science in Pennsylvania endorsed pink for boys, blue for girls.

21. COLOR QUIZ
colors and countries
Color Matters for What You Wear
Even more interesting is the fact that pink is the color for
baby boys and blue is the color for baby girls in Belgium today.
Another interesting fact about pink is that pink is a very masculine color in Bermuda. Also, British bankers and barristers have
worn pink shirts for decades. Pink goes in and out of fashion in other parts of the world.

22. COLOR QUIZ
colors and countries
Color Matters for What You Wear
Colors mean different things to different people.
What about the color worn for weddings and funerals?
White is the traditional color for a bride's wedding gown
in the U.S. and most European cultures.
White symbolizes purity and innocence.

23. COLOR QUIZ
color and countries
Color Matters for What You Wear
In Asia, white is the color of death.
This arises from the belief that death is seen as a
beginning and that white represents the purity that
the deceased brings into the next life.
Therefore, brides in Japan and
China wear red in traditional wedding ceremonies.

24. COLOR QUIZ
colors and countries
Color Matters for What You Wear
White is also associated with death in India,
where widows wear white.
Consequently, red or pink saris are
the most popular colors for brides.

25. COLOR QUIZ
colors and countries
Color Matters for What You Wear
The Evolution of the Symbolism of Green in Western culture
In Celtic myths the Green man was the God of fertility.
Later in the millennium, Early Christians banned green
because it had been used in pagan ceremonies.
Nevertheless, as evidenced by this 15th Century wedding portrait,
the color green was the best choice for the bride's gown
because of its earliest symbolism.

26. COLOR QUIZ
colors and countries
The Evolution of the Symbolism of Green
Of note is the continued symbolism attached to the color green in
the latter part of this century.
Anyone who chooses a green m & m (an American candy which contains
an assortment of different colored chocolate sweets)
is sending a somewhat similar message.
Green has been reinterpreted by late 20th century American
culture to signify a state of heightened sexuality in this specific
situation.

27. COLOR QUIZ
colors and countries
Color Matters for What You Wear
Other bride colors:
White would be an inappropriate color for a wedding in China.
It is the color of mourning. If a bride chooses a white wedding gown, her parents would
probably not allow her to get married.In India, even in Christian weddings, while most
brides wear white,
It is usually accented by at least a touch of some other color.
If a married woman wears unrelieved white in India,
she is inviting widowhood and unhappiness.

28. COLOR QUIZ
colors and countries
Color Matters for What You Wear
Other cultural references for green:
Green was a sacred color to the Egyptians
representing the hope and joy of Spring.
Green is a sacred color to Muslims.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito's birthday is celebrated as
"Green Day" because he loved to garden.
Japanese
Emperor
Hirohito

29. COLOR QUIZ
Green trivia:
It is said that green is the most restful color for the human eye.
Some claim that green has great healing power.
It can soothe pain.
Suicides dropped 34% when
London's Blackfriar Bridge was painted green.

30. COLOR FACTOIDS
After reviewing a few more facts,
we will be competing in
“Color Jeopardy” in teams.
Here are a few more color facts
that you may be asked about!

31. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
“Why are school buses yellow?”

32. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
Yellow (and the yellow family of colors) gets your
attention faster than any other color.
People notice yellow objects first.
Even when you are looking straight ahead,
you can see a yellow object that is not in
front of you “in the corners of your eyes”
much sooner than any other color – even
red. Scientists describe this as follows:
“Lateral peripheral vision for detecting
yellows is 1.24 times greater than for red.”
answer:

33. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
What color was used to
experiment in jail cells?

34. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
answer:
PINK

35. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
Did the experiment work?

36. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
One of the most interesting examples of color
effects is a color that’s close to the bubble gum
pink, also known as “drunk tank pink,” this
color is used to calm violent prisoners in jails.
This did not work long-term however, it had a temporary effect and after a
period of time in the pink room, prisoners became more aggressive.
answer: Yes (kind of!)

37. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
Can pink make strong men
weak?

38. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
Dr. Alexander Schauss, Ph.D., was the first
to report the suppression of angry,
antagonistic, and anxiety ridden behavior
among people. “Even if a person tries to be
angry or aggressive in the presence of pink,
he can’t.”
The heart muscles can’t race fast enough.
It’s a tranquilizing color that saps your
energy and weakens you if only temporarily,
it does weaken men.
answer: Yes.

39. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
Is it true that football locker
rooms (the ones for the
visiting/opposing teams) are
painted a certain shade of pink
to weaken the players?

40. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
Yes, this is true.The status of pink football
locker rooms today.University of Hawaii
associate head coach George Lumkin was a
member of the 1991 staff that saw visitor
locker rooms at Iowa and Colorado State
painted pink to render players passive.
There is now a rule that a visiting team’s
locker room can not be painted a different
color than the home team’s. In other words, it
can be pink, black or any color of the rainbow,
as long as both locker rooms are the same
color.
answer:

41. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
Why are barber poles
red and white?

42. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color History
In ancient days, barbers served as dual roles as
surgeons and blood-letters in addition to cutting
hair.The red stripe represented a bloody bandage,
wrapped around the arm before the barber bled his
patients.
The white stripe represented the clean bandage the
barber used to bind the wound after he was
done.Illiterate patients could easily identify the twin
stripes on the pole, which was important in ancient
times, because the illiterate constituted a significant
percentage of the populace.
answer:

43. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color Wheels
What color do you get when
you mix 100% RG and B together?

44. COLOR FACTOIDS
Color wheels
White.
Zero intensity for RGB (Red Green Blue)
components gives the darkest color (black),
and full intensity of RG and B gives a white. If
they are properly balanced, the result is a
neutral white matching the system’s white
point.
answer:

45. By this time you
will be a color expert!

46. THE END
you will get into groups of 4
and given a color name