Color Theory The art and science of color interaction and effects.
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