Color Unit

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Color Unit
Corr, artist from Caribbean

• The study of color vocabulary, color schemes and
  techniques.

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Color

• Color is the reflection or refraction of light.
  See the example below

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Primary Colors

• Yellow
• Red
• Blue
• These three colors when mixed make the other
  colors.

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Secondary Colors

• Orange
• Green
• Violet
• These colors are made by mixing two primary
  colors together.

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Intermediates or Tertiary Colors

• Yellow-green
• Yellow-orange
• Red-violet
• Red-orange
• Blue-green
• Blue-violet
• These come between a primary and secondary color.

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Aspects of Color

• ValueLight and dark, referred to as tone.
• Hue Is the name of a spectral color.
• Intensity How pure a color is,or how bright or
  dull.

Chagall
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Value dark or light, tone.
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Without value you would not see Guernica by
Pablo Picasso.
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Huespectral name of each color
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Intensity How pure or bright a color is. You
dull a color by adding its opposite color on the
color wheel
African painting
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Vincent Van Gogh used what color scheme.
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Color Schemes

• Monochromatic One color with tints and
  shades.Tint is when you add white, shade when you
  add black.
• Complementary Colors opposite on the color
  wheel. An example is violet and yellow.
• Analogous 3-5colors next to each other on the
  color wheel.

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Color Schemes continued

• Warm colors rev us up and get us going. The
  warmth of red, yellow, or orange can create
  excitement or even anger.
• Cool colors are made with blue, green, purple, or
  some combination of these. Cool colors might make
  you think of cool and peaceful things, like
  winter skies and still ponds.

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Monochromatic One color with tints and Shades.
Paul Klee
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ComplementaryColors across from each other on
the color wheel.
Orange and blue
Red and green
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jasper Johns
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Analogous 3-5 colors next to each other on the
color wheel.
Juan Gris
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Cool Colors
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Warm Colors