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Color Theory

Color Theory. Color: Definition . Color: the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light .

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Color Theory

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  1. Color Theory

  2. Color: Definition • Color: the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light. • AKA: When light shines on an object some colors bounce off the object and others are absorbed by it. Our eyes only see the colors that are bounced off or reflected.

  3. Color Wheel • The color wheel is a way to visualize and organize the entire color spectrum of light. The ends of the spectrum are bent around a circle to form a color wheel

  4. Elements in the Color Wheel • The Color Wheel can be described using three elements: • HUE: Pure color • SATURATION: How pale or strong a color is • VALUE: Lightness or darkness

  5. Hue • The technical name for color • Describes the position of a color on a classic color wheel • Used to name the color (Yellow, Orange, Red, etc.)

  6. Saturation • Saturation refers to how vivid and intense a color is

  7. Value • Lightness or Darkness of a color • When referring to pigments, dark values with black added are called “shades” of the given hue name. Light values with white pigment added are called “tints” of the hue name

  8. Traditional “Painter’s Color Wheel”/ Primary Colors • In a traditional painter’s color wheel, the Primary Colors are Red, Yellow, and Blue. • PRIMARY COLORS: Cannot be mixed. They are used for traditional pigment based art (Ex: painting)

  9. Secondary Colors • Acolor resulting from the mixing of two primary colors • Green, Orange, and Violet/Purple

  10. Tertiary/Intermediate Colors • The result of mixing a Primary and a Secondary color together • The intermediate colors are: Red-Orange,Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, and Red-Violet

  11. Analogous Colors • Colors next to each other on the color wheel. • One color tends to be dominant (primary or tertiary color).

  12. Complementary Colors • Colors directly across from one another on the color wheel. • They are highly contrasted. Mixed together they create ranges of brown • Red and Green • Blue and Orange • Yellow and Purple

  13. Split Complementary Colors • The split-complementary color scheme is a variation of the complementary color scheme. • In addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement. • This color scheme has the same strong visual contrast as the complementary color scheme, but has less tension.

  14. Triadic Colors • A scheme that uses colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.

  15. Warm and Cool Colors • 'Warm' colors, in the most general terms, are related to the yellow/red side of the color wheel chart. They attract attention and are generally perceived as energetic or exciting. • ‘Cool' colors, on the other hand, sit on the blue/green side of the color wheel; they are generally perceived as soothing and calm.

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