Color Theory

The art and science of color interaction and effects.

RGB

ADDITIVE COLOR

Color created from beams of light.

RGBRed Green Blue

ADDITIVE COLOR

RGBRed Green Blue

ADDITIVE COLOR

Color created from beams of light.

RGBRed Green Blue

ADDITIVE COLOR

Color created from beams of light.

This system applies only to devices employing light– computer monitors

– television sets– theater stage lighting

RGBRed Green Blue

ADDITIVE COLOR

Color created from beams of light.

This system applies only to devices employing light– computer monitors

– television sets– theater stage lighting

RGBRed Green Blue

ADDITIVE COLOR

Color created from beams of light.

This system applies only to devices employing light– computer monitors

– television sets– theater stage lighting

RGBRed Green Blue

ADDITIVE COLOR

Color created from beams of light.

This system applies only to devices employing light– computer monitors

– television sets– theater stage lighting

RGBRed Green Blue

ADDITIVE COLOR WE ADD COLORS IN ORDER TO GET WHITE

Color created from beams of light.

This system applies only to devices employing light– computer monitors

– television sets– theater stage lighting

Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGBLight!

This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.

RGBLIGHT

RED + GREEN = YELLOW

BLUE + GREEN = CYAN

RED + BLUE = MEGENTA

RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGBLight!

This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.

RGBLIGHT

RED + GREEN = YELLOW

BLUE + GREEN = CYAN

RED + BLUE = MEGENTA

RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

RGBLIGHT

RED + GREEN = YELLOW

BLUE + GREEN = CYAN

RED + BLUE = MEGENTA

RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGBLight!

This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.

RGBLIGHT

RED + GREEN = YELLOW

BLUE + GREEN = CYAN

RED + BLUE = MEGENTA

RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

RGBLIGHT

RED + GREEN = YELLOW

BLUE + GREEN = CYAN

RED + BLUE = MEGENTA

RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGBLight!

This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.

RGBLIGHT

RED + GREEN = YELLOW

BLUE + GREEN = CYAN

RED + BLUE = MAGENTA

RED + GREEN + BLUE =WHITE

RGBLIGHT

RED + GREEN = YELLOW

BLUE + GREEN = CYAN

RED + BLUE = MAGENTA

RED + GREEN + BLUE = WHITE

Primary Color – ADDITIVE RGBLight!

This is how a computer translates color to a monitor.

RGBLIGHT

RED + GREEN = YELLOW

BLUE + GREEN = CYAN

RED + BLUE = MAGENTA

RED + GREEN + BLUE = WHITE

RGBLIGHT

FINAL QUESTION:

RGBLIGHT

FINAL QUESTION:

HOW DO YOU GET BLACK?

RGBLIGHT

FINAL QUESTION:

HOW DO YOU GET BLACK?

In LIGHTblack is the absence of color!

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE

MAGENTA + YELLOW = RED

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE

MAGENTA + YELLOW = RED

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE

MAGENTA + YELLOW = RED

CYAN + YELLOW = GREEN

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

CYAN + MAGENTA = BLUE

MAGENTA + YELLOW = RED

CYAN + YELLOW = GREEN

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

FINAL QUESTIONS:

How do we get BLACK?

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

FINAL QUESTIONS:

How do we get BLACK?BLACK IS THE PRESNENCE OF ALL COLORS

How do we get WHITE?

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

FINAL QUESTIONS:

How do we get BLACK?BLACK IS THE PRESNENCE OF ALL COLORS

How do we get WHITE?

CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black

SUBTRACTIVE COLORUsed in printing.

FINAL QUESTIONS:

How do we get BLACK?BLACK IS THE PRESNENCE OF ALL COLORS

How do we get WHITE?WHITE IS THE ABSENCE OF ALL COLORS

The CMYK Color System

If you look at a printed page with a magnifying glass you might see something like the illustration. Our eye mixes the colors

ANDY WARHOL

Marshall Arisman

Franz Marc

PRIMARY COLORColors that all other colors can be made from.

SUBTRACTIVE COLORWe subtract colors from black to get white

This is what we do in the art room on a regular basis!

PRIMARY COLORColors that all other colors can be made from.

RYBRed Yellow Blue

SUBTRACTIVE COLORWe subtract colors from black to get white

This is what we do in the art room on a regular basis!

Primary Color – SUBTRACTIVE RYBPaint, crayons, colored pencils, pastels etc.

This is how we mix colors with pigments and dyes.

SECONDARY COLORColors made by mixing two primaries.

VGOViolet Green Orange

SUBTRACTIVE COLORWe subtract colors from black to get white

This is what we do in the art room on a regular basis!

Secondary color- Hues mixed from adjacent primaries; violet, green and orange

Tertiary color- A hue that is mixed from a primary color and the adjacent secondary color.

Color Wheel

How many colors are there?

Older computer systems may be limited to 216

A high quality printer is only capable of producing thousands

A monitor can display millions

How many colors could you make in paint?

Pablo Picasso Joseph Albers

Pablo Picasso

Can any other color set the same moodas the blue monochromatic version?

Warm Cool

Temperature – Refers to the heat that a color generates, both physically and psychologically.

Color Wheel

Hue – Is the name of a specific color.

Value – The lightness or darkness of a hue.

Intensity – The brightness or dullness of a color.

Q: WHERE DO SECONDARY, TERTIARY, AND ALL OTHER HUES COME FROM?

A: COLOR MIXING & EXPERIMENTATION

Value

1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.

Tone and Intensity

1.We add compliments to each other to get muddy colors

2. e can mix more and less of other colors to get millions of color variations.

Color Wheel

Hue – Is the name of a specific color.

Value – The lightness or darkness of a hue.

Intensity – The brightness or dullness of a color.

Color Wheel

Hue – Is the name of a specific color.

Value – The lightness or darkness of a hue.

Intensity – The brightness or dullness of a color.

A: COLOR MIXING & EXPERIMENTATION

Value

1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.

Tone and Intensity

1.We add compliments to each other to get muddy colors

2. e can mix more and less of other colors to get millions of color variations.

There are two ways to lower the value of a color.

Value - The relative lightness or darkness of a color. Which creates…

Tint – A hue that has been mixed with white.

Shade – A hue that has been mixed with black.

A: COLOR MIXING & EXPERIMENTATION

Value

1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.

Tone and Intensity

1.We add compliments to each other to get muddy colors

2. e can mix more and less of other colors to get millions of color variations.

Color Wheel

Hue – Is the name of a specific color.

Value – The lightness or darkness of a hue.

Intensity – The brightness or dullness of a color.

A: COLOR MIXING & EXPERIMENTATION

Value

1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.

Tone and Intensity

1.We add compliments to each other to get muddy colors

2. e can mix more and less of other colors to get millions of color variations.

From color mixing experimentation.

Value

1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.

Tone and Intensity

1.We add compliments to each other to get muddy colors

2. We can mix more and less of other colors to get millions of color variations.

Mixing a color with it’s compliment to creates different tones.

1.From color mixing experimentation.

Value

1.We add black and white to a color to get tints and shades.

Tone and Intensity •We add compliments to each other to get

muddy colors•We can mix more and less of other colors to

get millions of color variations.

Monochromatic – Color scheme based on variations of a single hue.

Analogous – A color scheme based on hues that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Complimentary – Hues that oppose one another on the color wheel. When paired in a composition,

complimentary colors create contrast; when mixed, complimentary colors produce a wide range of browns.

Marshall Arisman Maxfield Parrish

Triadic harmony – A color scheme based on three colors which are equidistant on a color wheel.

Piet Mondrian Frank Lloyd Wright