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C O L O R T H E O R Y

C O L O R T H E O R Y. A Lecture by: Dennis L. Law, ASLA Professor of Landscape Architecture Kansas State University. C O L O R T H E O R Y. Definitions Color Wheel Mixing Colors Seeing Color Color Harmony. DEFINITIONS. Hue Color Wheel Value

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C O L O R T H E O R Y

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  1. COLOR THEORY A Lecture by: Dennis L. Law, ASLA Professor of Landscape Architecture Kansas State University

  2. COLOR THEORY • Definitions • Color Wheel • Mixing Colors • Seeing Color • Color Harmony

  3. DEFINITIONS • Hue • Color Wheel • Value • Chroma • Intensity

  4. COLORWHEEL • Sequence • Primary Colors • Secondary Colors • Tertiary Colors • Tints • Tones • Shades

  5. Sequence • Yellow • Green • Blue • Violet • Red • Orange

  6. Primary Colors • Yellow • Blue • Red

  7. Secondary Colors • Orange • Green • Violet

  8. Tertiary Colors Made by mixing secondary colors Orange/Green Orange/Violet Green/Violet

  9. TintedColors Made by mixing colors with WHITE WHITE PINK RED

  10. TonedColors Made by mixing colors with BLACK MAGENTA RED BLACK

  11. ShadedColors Made by mixing colors with GRAY GRAY ROSE RED

  12. MIXING COLOR • Using primary Colors • Using Secondary Colors • Making Tertiary Colors • Making Grays • Making Browns

  13. SEEING COLOR • Staring at a color, what do you see when you quit looking? • How do you determine what colors to use when mixing? • What technique do you use to apply color?

  14. COLOR HARMONY • Triads • Adjacent • Complementary • Split Complementary • Double Split Complementary

  15. COLOR HARMONY • Triads - any three colors equidistant on the color wheel. Example one: Use of Primary Colors

  16. COLOR HARMONY • Triads - any three colors equidistant on the color wheel. Example two: Use of Secondary Colors

  17. COLOR HARMONY • Triads - any three colors equidistant on the color wheel. Example three: Use of Tertiary Colors

  18. COLOR HARMONY • Adjacent - any two colors next to one another on the color wheel. Red Orange Red Example one: Use of Warm Colors

  19. COLOR HARMONY • Adjacent - any two colors next to one another on the color wheel. Blue Green Blue Example two: Use of Cool Colors

  20. COLOR HARMONY • Complimentary - any two colors opposite one another on the color wheel. Red Violet Yellow Green

  21. COLOR HARMONY • Split - Complimentary - any color on the color wheel and the colors either side of its compliment.

  22. COLOR HARMONY • Double Split - Complimentary - any color on the color wheel and the two colors either side of its compliment.

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