Art and design

2. ELEMENT OF DESIGN
MR PALMER GRADE 8

3. Colour Definition
O (noun) - Colour is the element of art that is
produced when light, striking an object, is
reflected back to the eye.

4. There are 3 properties of colour.
O First is hue, which simply means the name we
give to a colour (red, yellow, blue, etc.).
O The second property is intensity, which refers
to the strength and vividness of the colour. For
example, we may describe the colour blue as
"royal" (bright, rich, vibrant) or "dull"
(greyed).
O The third and final property of colour is its
value, meaning its lightness or darkness. The
terms shade and tint are in reference to value
changes in colours.

5. Categories Of Colour
O Color Wheels a tool used to organize
color.

6. Primary Colours
O Red, Yellow, Blue these colour cannot be
mixed, they must be bought in some form

7. Secondary Colour
O Green, Orange, Violet, these colours are
created by mixing two primaries.

8. Intermediate Colours
O Red Orange, Yellow Green, Blue Violet,
etc.; mixing a primary with a secondary
creates these colours.

9. Colours and Feelings
O Artists know that colours can create a certain
mood, or feeling in their artworks. This is
especially helpful when decorating a house,
an office, or planning clothing outfits.
 Black is bold, dramatic, confident,
sophisticated.
 White is purity, cleansing, sacred, neutral.
 Gray is sophisticated, contemporary, hi-tech.
 Red is energetic, passionate, powerful, the
sun.
 Blue is calm, melancholy, loving, the sky and
water.

10. Colours and Feelings (cont.)
 Yellow is cheerful, happy, bright, the glow of
the sun.
 Green combines blue and yellow. It is
stable, calming, expansive, the trees, grass
and shrubs.
 Purple combines blue and red. It is royal,
elegant, sophisticated, velvet.
 Orange combines yellow and red. It is
hurried, on-the-move, energetic.
 Turquoise has more green than blue and is a
happy shade.
 Peach has more yellow than red and is
calmer than orange.

11. Tone/Value
O Tone refers to the lightness and or
darkness of a colour in a scale from black
to white
O Tone is as a result of mixing a pure colour
with any neutral colour including the two
extremes white and black. By this
definition all tints and shades are also
considered to be tones

12. Tints Shades
O A tint is lighter than the O A shade is darker than
original colour. the original colour
O A tint is a mixture O A shade is a mixture
resulting from added arrived at as result of
white to an original added black to an
colour. original colour

14. Colour Schemes

15. Warm Colour Schemes
O The colors of red, orange,
and yellow are
considered warm
colors because they are the
colors of fire. These hues are
also said to advance,
meaning they appear to come
forward, making the walls feel
closer. Thus, they can
actually make a room feel
cozy when used in
decorating..

16. Artists use different colour
schemes such as warm,
cool and neutral to create
moods, show contrast and
create depth in
artworks. Vincent van
Gogh used warm colours
in this painting of
Sunflowers.

17. Cool Colour Schemes
O Blue, green, and violet are
considered cool colours. When
you think of a cool lake or ice
covered pond, you see cool
colours.
O Because these colours have a
tendency to feel like they are
receding (or backing away from
you), cool tones are often used
to paint the walls of a small
room to make the room appear
larger.

18. This is a cool colour
scheme because it
includes colours
found on the left side
of the colour wheel.
These colours tend to
recede injects in a
composition. Cool
colours include those
such as blues,
greens, and purples

19. Monochromatic Colour
Scheme
O A monochromatic colour scheme
consists of different values (tints
and shades) of one single colour.
O These colour schemes are easy to
get right and can be very effective,
soothing and authoritative. They
do, however, lack the diversity of
hues found in other colour
schemes and are less vibrant.

21. Analogous Colour Scheme
O Analogous colours are colours that are
adjacent to each other on the colour wheel.
Some examples are green, yellow green, and
yellow or red, red violet and violet.
O Analogous colour schemes are often found in
nature and are pleasing to the eye. The
combination of these colours give a bright
effect in the area, and are able to
accommodate many changing moods. When
using the analogous colour scheme, one
should make sure there is one hue as the main
colour.

23. Complementary Colours
O Are colours that are opposite each other
on the colour wheel. When placed next to
each other they look bright and when
mixed together they neutralize each
other.

25. Neutral Scheme
O This usually means without
colour. Neutral colours such as beige,
ivory, taupe, black, gray, and white appear
to be without colour, and yet in many
applications these hues often have
undertones of colour.
O Be aware of these underlying tones as
you match colours or choose paint. For
example, beige might have an undertone
of pink or tan or gold. White might be
slightly ivory, yellow, bluish, or peachy.