Colour theory basics
Primary colours cannot be created by mixing other colours.Traditional primary is for artist pigments red, yellow, and blue.
The primary colours are mixed together to produce secondary colours red+blue=violet, red+yellow=orange, yellow+blue=green.
Mixing secondary colours give tertiary colours, these mixtures are darker than the colours combined to create them when using any find media.
Since yellow pigment is a difficult to find in nature, started to consider primary colours as red, green and blue.
ACTIVITY 1: CREATE COLOR WHEELS
Modern developments in paint chemistry include many new pigments, such as a modern primary triad of magenta, yellow and cyan. Magenta + cyan = violet; magenta + yellow = orange; yellow + cyan = green.
ACTIVITY 2: MAKE A COLOR WHEEL FROM THE MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN THE HOUSE
- The Wallet
2. The Garden
3. The Dressing
4. The Bindi
5. The Play
Properties of colour:
hue: the spectral name of a color (red, orange, yellow, green, blue or violet)
value/ luminance: the degree of lightness or darkness of a color
intensity/ chroma/ saturation: the degree of purity or brightness of a color
tint: a light value of a color
tone: a color modified by gray or a complement
shade: medium-to-dark value of a color
temperature: the relative warmth or coolness of colors
Colour Schemes:
color scheme: orderly selection of colors based on logical relationships on the color wheel
complementary colors: opposites on the color wheel; enhance each other when side by side; neutralize when mixed
achromatic: lacking color; black, gray or white; neutralcolor contrast: differences in hue, value, intensity, temperature, complements or quantity
analogous colors: colors next to each other on the color wheel, such as blue, blue-green and green
triad: a color scheme having three colors with a logical relationship on the color wheel
chromatic: having color, as opposed to achromatic black, white and gray; opposite of neutral chromatic neutral: a neutral
split primaries: a warm and a cool pigment for each primary color (six primaries), used in color mixing
additive color: derived from light mixtures
subtractive color: derived from paint mixtures that absorb all colors except the local color of the object, which is reflected
granulation: sedimentary effect in washes; also, flocculation
fugitive color or pigment: a chemically unstable pigment that fades or changes under normal conditions of light or storage
key: the dominant value relationships in a picture intensity: the degree of purity or brightness of a color; sometimes, chroma or saturation high intensity low intensity
gradation: gradual change; provides transition and movement in color design high key: medium to light values low key: medium to dark values full contrast: light, medium and dark values
glaze: a transparent or translucent veil of color modifying an underlying color
monochromatic: having a single color
reflected color or light: color or light on an object that is reflected off of adjacent objects
color identity: an obvious color bias in a mixture
color harmony: matching pigments for similarities of intensity, transparency, opacity and tinting strength
color contrast: differences in hue, value, intensity, temperature, complements or quantity
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