Post on 22-Jul-2015
What is colour?
Color is the element of art that is produced when light, striking an object, is reflected back to the eye.
Primary Colours• They cannot be made from any other colours
•All other colours are made from these
•Equal distance from each other on colour wheel
Yellow
MagentaBlue cyan
Secondary Colours•Made by mixing equal amounts of 2 primary colours
•Found halfway between the primary colours on the wheel
The whole colour wheel
The colour wheel is…
3 Primary colours
3 Secondary colours
3 Tertiary colours
Made up of 12 hues
Complementary Colours
•Complementary colours are pairs of colours of opposite hues.•They appear opposite to each other on the colour wheel. •The complementary colours are:
Yellow- Purple Cyan- Orange Magenta- Green
Your next task
• You will have to paint the “Colour Wheel” but as a part of something else: you will have to design a CLOCK!
• Any type you want. It might be a watch, an alarm clock, a grandfather clock, etc.
• You will have to add different values of the same colour in your project.
How can we use what we have learnt today in the future?
Colour mixingBlending
Graduated Tone
Layering colourModulated colour
What colours are cool? What colours are warm?
Warm colour are yellows, orangesand reds
Cool colour are greens, blues and purples.
•Warm colors (reds, oranges, and yellows) catch your attention.
•They are lively and energetic.
Cool colors give an impression of calm, and create a soothing impression.
Hope
Sunflowers (1888) by Vincent Van Gogh
What words do you think when looking at this picture?
Joy
Warm
Welcoming
Sadness
The Tragedy (1903) by Pablo Picasso
What words do you think when looking at this picture?
Despair
Cold
Hopeless
Lonely
COLOUR COMBINATIONSMONOCHROMATIC COLOUR SCHEME•It is a colour combination which uses only one color. •This colour can have different values (adding white or black)•Using only one hue has a calmingeffect and is balanced.
PICASSO
COLOUR COMBINATIONS
ANALOGOUS COLOURS
• Analogous colour are coloursthat are next to each other on the color wheel.
• They usually match well and create serene and comfortable designs.
• They are harmonious and pleasing to the eye.
Second colour projectYou have to create one artwork using warm colours and the second time using cool colours.