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COLOR THEORY 101

COLOR THEORY 101. COLOR THEORY 101. Light: the Visible Spectrum. The 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. Types of Color Theories.

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COLOR THEORY 101

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  1. COLOR THEORY 101

  2. COLOR THEORY 101

  3. Light: the Visible Spectrum

  4. The 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

  5. Types of Color Theories Subtractive Color(CMYK)The subtractive (pigment) theory deals with how white light is absorbed and reflected off of colored surfaces. Additive Color(RBG) The additive (light) theory deals with radiated and filtered light.

  6. Additive Theory • White (sunlight) radiates ALL light • Black radiates no light • Light-emitting media use the process of capturing and radiating light, therefore they use Additive (Light) Theory • Primary colors in Additive Theory: • Red ( R ) • Green ( G ) • Blue ( B ) • All the primaries mixed together to make WHITE • Additive (Light) Theory is used in computer monitors, television, theater lighting, and video production.

  7. Subtractive Theory • Black absorbs most light • White reflects most light • Colored Pigments absorb light and reflect only the frequency of the pigment color. • All colors other than the pigment colors are absorbed, so this is called subtractive color theory. • Primary colors in Subtractive Theory: • Cyan ( C ) • Magenta ( M ) • Yellow ( Y ) • Black ( K ) • Subtractive or Pigment Theory is used in desktop and commercial printing.

  8. Subtractive Color: RYB Color Model • Traditional “Painter’s Color Wheel” • Primary Colors (RYB) are pure pigments that cannot be mixed: • Red • Yellow • Blue • RYB is used primarily with traditional pigment-based art media (like painting)

  9. The Color Wheel Colors on the wheel can be described using three elements: • Hue: pure color • Saturation: brightness or dullness • Value: lightness or darkness

  10. Color Theory 101 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.)

  11. Color Theory 101 Saturation • Saturation refers to how vivid and intense a color is

  12. Tone = Shade + Tint

  13. Color Theory 101 • Painter’s Color Wheel Primary Colors Secondary Colors

  14. Color Theory 101 • Color Temperature Warm / Cool Colors

  15. Color Schemes: Warm • Warm Colors: Right half of the color wheel contains colors associated with fire, heat Artist: Jan Vermeer Title: Girl Asleep at a Table Year: 1657

  16. Color Schemes: Warm Paul Cezanne The Basket of Apples, 1894

  17. Color Schemes: Warm Henri Matisse The Dessert, Harmony in Red, 1908

  18. Color Schemes: Cool Cool: Left half of the wheel has cooler colors associated with ice, water Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Femme Allongée Lisant Year: 1939

  19. Pablo Picasso The Old Guitarist, 1903

  20. Color Theory 101 Color Schemes: Monochromatic Monochromatic uses different values of the same hue, including tints and shades

  21. Color Schemes: Monochromatic • Monochromatic uses different values of the same hue, including tints and shades Artist: Georges Braque Title: Le Portugais Year: 1911

  22. Color Schemes: Monochromatic Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937

  23. Color Schemes: Monochromatic • Monochromatic color palettes in interior design

  24. Color Schemes: Monochromatic

  25. Color Theory 101 • Color Schemes: Analagous • Analogous: A selection of colors that are adjacent on the color wheel

  26. Color Schemes: Analogous • Analogous: A selection of colors that are adjacent on the color wheel Artist: Vincent van Gogh Title: The Iris Year: 1889

  27. Color Schemes: Analogous

  28. Color Schemes: Analogous

  29. Color Schemes: Analogous

  30. Color Schemes: Analogous

  31. Color Theory 101 • Color Schemes: Complementary • Complementary: Colors that are opposite on the wheel. High Contrast

  32. Color Schemes: Complementary • Complementary: Colors that are opposite on the wheel. High Contrast Vincent Van Gogh The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night 1888

  33. Complementary Colors in Art Georges Seurat, Le Chahut, 1889-90

  34. Complementary Colors in Art Eugène Delacroix, Women of Algiers, 1834

  35. Complementary Colors in Graphic Design

  36. Complementary Colors in Fashion

  37. Color Theory 101 • Color Schemes: Triadic Triadic

  38. Triadic Color Schemes in Design

  39. Triadic Color Schemes in Design

  40. Triadic Color Schemes in Art Andy Warhol Piet Mondrian

  41. HINT: Choosing ONE common color can help tie random color schemes together

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