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Media Art Design: Color. Mr. Torres. Color. The visual sensation dependent on the reflection or absorption of light from a given surface. The three characteristics of color are hue, value, and intensity. Color Wheel.
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Media Art Design:Color Mr. Torres
Color • The visual sensation dependent on the reflection or absorption of light from a given surface. • The three characteristics of color are hue, value, and intensity.
Color Wheel • A Color Wheel is a circular pattern that illustrates the relationship between colors such as the primary colors, secondary colors, complementary colors, etc. • The word “Hue” refers to the name of a color (for example: the color is red, blue, yellow, or orange).
Primary Colors • The Primary Colors are red, yellow and blue. • These are considered primary because combining other colors together cannot create them. RED YELLOW BLUE
Secondary Colors • The Secondary Colors are created when two primary colors are mixed together. • The secondary colors are orange, green and violet. ORANGE GREEN VIOLET
Tertiary Colors • A Tertiary Color is created when a primary and secondary color are mixed. • Tertiary colors have the name of the primary color first, followed by the name of the secondary color. YELLOW ORANGE RED ORANGE YELLOW GREEN BLUE GREEN BLUE VIOLET RED VIOLET
Complementary Colors Green Red • Complementary Colors are colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel. Blue Orange Yellow Violet Yellow Orange Blue Violet Red Violet Yellow Green BLUE GREEN Red Orange
Earth Tones • Colors with elements of browns, tans and grays are examples of Earth Tones. • Earth Tones resemble those colors found in nature. • Intensity is the brightness or dullness of a color. Rembrandt van Rijn Philosopher in Meditation 1623 Oil on wood 11 x 13 ½” (28 x 34 cm) The Louve, Paris
Neutral Colors • Neutral colors include black, gray, and white sometimes brown and beige. • They are sometimes called “earth tones” or “achromatic colors”. • Neutral colors don’t show up on the color wheel. BLACK GRAY WHITE BROWN
Analogous Colors • Analogous colors sit next to each other on the color wheel. • Analogous Colors tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related. Vincent Van Gogh Sunflowers on Gold 1888
Monochromatic Color/Theme • Monochromatic Color schemes use only one color of various values. • In art, a theme is a subject or topic in an artistic work. Picasso, Pablo Femme aux Bras Croises 1901-1902
Warm Colors • Colors like red-violet, red, red-orange, orange, and yellow are often called Warm Colors.
Cool Colors • Colors like blue, blue-green, green, yellow-green, blue-violet, and violet are often called Cool Colors.
Tints, Shades, & Tones • A tint is a color to which white was added. • A shade is a color to which black was added. • A tone is a color to which gray was added.
Value • Value is the lightness or darkness of a color. • A gradient is a value scale that shows the range of values from black to white. • High values are light. • Low values are dark. High Value Low Value