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The Science of Art:

The Science of Art:. How Artists Use C O L O R. Primary Colors. Primary colors include red , yellow , and blue . They can be mixed to create all colors of the rainbow. They are the foundation of the color wheel. Dance at Bougival , by Renior. Source: http:// www.art.com.

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The Science of Art:

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  1. The Science of Art: How Artists Use COLOR

  2. Primary Colors • Primary colors include red, yellow, and blue. • They can be mixed to create all colors of the rainbow. • They are the foundation of the color wheel. • Dance at Bougival, by Renior http://mathinscience.info Source: http:// www.art.com

  3. Secondary Colors • Secondary colors include orange, green, and violet (purple). • They can be created by mixing the primary colors. • They are also located on the color wheel. • Improvisation 31, by Kandinsky Source: www.nga.gov/kids/kandinsky/kandinsky1.html http://mathinscience.info

  4. The Color Wheel • The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. • The secondary colors are orangegreen, and violet (purple). • Starting at the top and moving clockwise, the colors in order are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet (purple)-the same as the visible light spectrum. • (ROYG. BV) http://mathinscience.info

  5. Complementary Colors • Complementary colors are pairs of colors that are located opposite from one another on the color wheel. • Red and green • Yellow and violet (purple) • Blue and orange • They appear to vibrate when placed side by side. • Homage to Bleriot, by Robert Delaunay Source: http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l2_Grnfthrs_fldr/g024_delaunay_hmge2bleriot.html http://mathinscience.info

  6. How is this useful in art? • Artists can make use of the science of color. • Physically mixing colors may dull them. • Colors placed side by side may allow our eyes to mix them (optical mixing), especially from a distance. • Street, Dresden, by Kirchner Source: http://www.moma.org/collection/depts/paint_sculpt/blowups/paint_sculpt_008.html http://mathinscience.info

  7. Pointillism • Pointillism is a technique of painting in which many tiny dots (or points) are combined to form a picture. • These dots may be as small as 1/16 of an inch in diameter. • When 2 complementary colors are placed side by side, each will appear more vibrant and intense than if viewed separately. • Hafen von St. Tropez, by Signac Source: http://www.postershop.com http://mathinscience.info

  8. Georges Seurat • Seurat was an artist who used pointillism. • An example of his work is A Sunday on la Grande Jatte. • It took him 2 years to complete this painting. • It is estimated to contain about 3,456,000 dots! Source: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/eurptg/28pc_seurat.html http://mathinscience.info

  9. Sources of Information • http://www.geocities.com/bvijay/paints/Seurat.html • How to Teach Art to Children, by Joy Evans and Jo Ellen Moore • “Monet, Renior, and the Impressionist Landscape,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts http://mathinscience.info

  10. Sources for Works of Art • Slide 2, Dance at Bougival, by Renior (www.art.com) • Slide 3, Improvisation 31, by Kandinsky (www.nga.gov/kids/kandinsky/kandinsky1.html) • Slide 5, Charing Cross Bridge, by Derain (http://btr0xw.rz.uni-bayreuth.de/cjackson/derain/p-derain1.htm) • Slide 6, Street, Dresden, by Kirchner (http://www.moma.org/collection/depts/paint_sculpt/blowups/paint_sculpt_008.html) • Slide 7, Hafen von St. Tropez, by Signac (www.postershop.com) • Slide 8, A Sunday on la Grande Jatte, by Seurat (www.artic.edu/aic/collections/eurptg/28pc_seurat.html) http://mathinscience.info

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