Basic color theory for middle school students. O. Reid

3. PROPERTIES OF COLOR
1. HUE-NAME OF THE COLOR
2.VALUE-LIGHT OR DARK
3.INTENSITY-BRIGHT OR DULL

4. COLOR SPECTRUM- THE
WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT
WE CAN SEE
HUE-NAME OF THE COLOR
THERE ARE 12 HUES ON
THE COLOR WHEEL

5. SHADES
VALUE- HOW LIGHT OR
DARK A COLOR IS
VALUE IS A RANGE FROM WHITE TO BLACK
OR
A RANGE FROM LIGHT TO DARK
Tints

6. SHADES
VALUE- HOW LIGHT OR
DARK A COLOR IS
TINT- LIGHT VALUE, ADDING WHITE
SHADE- DARK VALUE, ADDING BLACK
TONE- MIDDLE VALUES, ADDING GRAY
Tints

7. INTENSITY- HOW
BRIGHT OR DULL A
COLOR IS
• INTENSITY IS CHANGED BY
ADDING THE OPPOSITE COLOR.
• ADDING THE OPPOSITE COLOR
MAKES THE COLOR DULLER.
• MIXING OPPOSITES CREATES
NEUTRAL BROWNS AND GRAYS

9. COLOR WHEEL BASIC SCHEMES
PRIMARY SECONDARY INTERMEDIATE

10. Primary +Primary = SECONDARY
PRIMARY + SECONDARY = INTERMEDIATE

11. INTERMEDIATES AND
TERTIARIES ARE THE
SAME.
THIS COLOR WHEEL SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN THE COLORS VERY CLEARLY.
FROM HERE, WE CAN BEGIN TO USE THE WHEEL
AS A MAP FOR CHOOSING MORE ADVANCED
COLOR SCHEMES.

12. TRIAD
3 COLORS THAT ARE EVENLY
SPACED.
CREATES A HARMONIOUS
FEELING. PICK ONE AS THE MAIN
COLOR.

13. WARMS
REDS, ORANGES, AND YELLOWS
WARM COLORS ADVANCE
TOWARD YOU

14. COOLS
BLUES, GREENS, VIOLETS
COOL COLORS GO BACK/RECEDE
IN SPACE

15. ARTISTS PLAN COLORS
TRIAD
MARILYN MONROE, 1964
ANDY WARHOL
WARM
SUNFLOWERS, 1888
VINCENT VAN GOGH
COOL
THE BLUE FLOWER, 1887
GEORGIA O’KEEFE

16. MONOCHROMATIC
USING TINTS AND SHADES OF ONE COLOR
USING A RANGE OF VALUES OR CHANGES
IN INTENSITY.
CREATES HARMONY
GUERNICA, 1937
PABLO PICASSO

17. ANALOGOUS
COLORS THAT ARE NEXT TO EACH
OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL
ONE COLOR RELATES THE COLORS
TO EACH OTHER

18. COMPLEMENTS
COLORS THAT ARE OPPOSITES
THEY ARE ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER ON
THE COLOR WHEEL.
COMPLEMENTS CREATE CONTRAST
USE THE COMPLEMENT TO CHANGE A
COLOR’S INTENSITY.

19. SPLIT
COMPLEMENT
A COLOR AND TWO COLORS
ON EACH SIDE OF ITS
COMPLEMENT.
CREATES CONTRAST AND
HARMONIOUS VARIETY.

20. ARTISTS PLAN COLORS
ANALOGOUS
NO. 5 IN GOLD, 1928
CHARLES DEMUTH
COMPLEMENTS
REVENGE OF THE GOLDFISH, 1979
SANDY SKOGLUND
SPLIT COMPLEMENT
GLASS BEADS, 1997
LAUREN GRIMSHAW