This is the presentation I developed to provide Foundations students studying color theory to enable them to achieve a greater understanding of achromatic scale and its correlation to the chromatic scale and how it may be used to create interesting compositions. It also provided a platform to begin building their comprehension of type and how it may be used creatively in their own work.

1. ACHROMATIC SCALE
“Everything is not always just black or white.”

2. DISCLAIMER
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C. Stephenson-Gibbs.
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3. DEFINITION
[From Greek akhrmatos : a-, without; see a-1 + khrma, khrmat-, color.]
Adjective: possessing no hue : being or involving black, gray, or
white: NEUTRAL <achromatic visual sensations>
-Miriam Webster Online Dictionary
Color having no chroma — black, white and grays made by mixing black and
white. All other colors employ chromatic pigments.
-Artlex.com

4. EXAMPLES OF STUDENT ART USING
ACHROMATIC SCALE

7. COMPARE AND CONTRAST

8. ACHROMATIC VALUES

10. TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN
EXAMPLES

14. WEBLINKS
WEBsites for additional information:
http://www.artlex.com/
http://www.studiocodex.com/value_tone01.html
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