Color Vocabulary

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Color Vocabulary
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• Hue The name of a color
• Intensity The brightness of a color
• Value The darkness or lightness of a color

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• Tint A color mixed with white, in watercolor it
  is a color diluted with water.
• Shade A color mixed with black or a complement
• Primary Red, Blue and Yellow. All colors can be
  made using these 3 colors

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• Secondary Orange, Green and Violet
• Intermediate A primary secondary color
• Always say the primary first, for example
  Blue-green.

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Complementary Colors

• Colors across from each other on the color wheel
  , when mixed together they make brown.
• Blue Orange
• Red Green
• Yellow Violet

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The Color Wheel

• Primary Secondary Tertiary

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Water Color Techniques

• Washes The most basic watercolor technique is
  the
• flat wash. 1) Wet the area of paper you want to
  cover with the wash, 2) mix sufficient pigment to
  easily fill the entire area. 3) Apply the pigment
  in slightly overlapping horizontal bands from the
  top down.
• A variation on the basic wash is the graded wash.
  Use the same steps as in the flat wash HOWEVER,
  you must slightly dilute the pigment with more
  water for each horizontal stroke. The result is a
  wash that fades out gradually and evenly
• TIP Allow the wash to air dry or use a
  hairdryer before attempting to paint over it.

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• Wet in Wet Wet in wet is simply the process of
  applying pigment to wet paper. The results will
  vary depending on how wet the paper is. The wet
  in wet technique can be applied over existing
  washes (existing washes should be dry). 1) Wet
  the paper and paint into the dampness. The soft
  marks made by painting wet in wet are great for
  subtle regions of your painting.

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• Dry Brush Dry brush is the almost the opposite
  watercolor technique to wet in wet. 1) Load brush
  with pigment (and not too much water) and drag
  over completely dry paper. This produces very
  crisp and hard edges.

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• Lifting Off Most watercolor pigment can be
  dissolved and lifted off. Some colors WILL stain
  (blues, reds). 1) Wet the area to be removed
  with a brush and clean water 2) blot the pigment
  away with a tissue. Do NOT scrub the paper, you
  must blot. Lifting is not intended to return
  your paper to its original white state.

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