COLOR3.02 Implement color terminology and the components of the color wheel.

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THE DRESS!

WHAT IS COLOR?

• Color is the property of light.

• Color terminology• Primary Colors• Secondary Colors• Tertiary Colors• Hue• Intensity• Value• Shade• Tint

PRIMARY COLORS

• Primary Colors: yellow, red, blue• These colors are basic- they cannot be created by mixing other colors.

SECONDARY COLORS

• Secondary Colors: orange, violet, green• These colors are made by mixing equal parts of two primary colors. Secondary

colors appear on the color wheel halfway between the primary colors that make them.

TERTIARY COLORS

• Tertiary Colors: yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green

• Tertiary colors are also known as “intermediate” colors. They are created by combining a primary color with a neighboring secondary color.

HUE

• The specific name of a color is a hue.

• Hue is the feature of color that makes one color different from others.

• Each color on the wheel is a hue.

• Black, White, and Gray don’t appear on the Color Wheel because they have no hue.• Neutral Colors- blend well with others.

INTENSITY

• Brightness or dullness of a color

• Objects with high color intensity seem larger and closer than objects with low intensity.

VALUE

• The lightness or darkness of a color is its value.

Paint manufacturers arrange paint samples by value- from tints to shades.

SHADE

• Adding black to a hue lowers its value, or darkens it.

• Shade is a color that is darker than its normal value. • Ex. Navy is a shade of blue.• Ex. Rust is a shade of orange.• Ex. Maroon is a shade of red.

TINT

• Adding white to a hue raises its value, or lightens it.

• A tint is a hue that is lighter than its normal value. • Ex. Pink is a tint of red.• Ex. Peach is a tint of orange.• Ex. Lavender is a tint of violet.

COLOR WHEEL VIDEO

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO30zFqpj-c&feature=fvwp&NR=1