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Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko. Complementary Colors. What are Complementary Colors? Colors which lie directly across from each other on the color wheel. Also called Color Dyads, since they’re in pairs. The major Complementary Colors consist of the three Primaries and their Secondaries:

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Mark Rothko

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  1. Mark Rothko

  2. Complementary Colors

  3. What are Complementary Colors? Colors which lie directly across from each other on the color wheel. Also called Color Dyads, since they’re in pairs.

  4. The major Complementary Colors consist of the three Primaries and their Secondaries: (Primary) (Secondary) Red  Green Yellow  Violet Blue  Orange

  5. Every color has a complement. Complementary Colors can complement, enhance and balance each other. They produce the highest color contrast (after Black & White). Their INTENSITY is heightened when paired alongside each other. BUT…

  6. Andy Warhol commissioned work of Muhammed Ali

  7. Katy Grannan’s Cassandra

  8. Persian Miniature Painting Hindu Deities Krishna and Radha in a Grove, 1780. (gouache on paper)

  9. 3 Properties of Color • VALUE • HUE • SATURATION / INTENSITY

  10. 3 Properties of Color 3) SATURATION / INTENSITY

  11. Complementary Colors can also neutralize or cancel each other out. When mixed together, their original INTENSITY is suppressed, leading us to Chromatic Neutral Grays… Soon Y. Warren (watercolor)

  12. Willem de Kooning Seated Womanoil and charcoal / board     54" x 36"1940

  13. La Fenetre Ouverte, 1921

  14. Complementary Color combinations found outside the Fine Art world…

  15. Jack Lenor Larsen’s Red Garden

  16. Ad for Havaianas sandals 2008

  17. And in sports!

  18. ALBERS’ COLOR RELATIVITY: The 3 Principles of Color Interaction 1. Light/Dark Value Contrast 2. Complementary Reaction or Effect 3. Subtraction

  19. ALBERS’ COLOR RELATIVITY: The 3rd Principle of Color Interaction 3. Subtraction

  20. Principle 1:LIGHT/DARK CONTRAST

  21. Principle 1 & 2: LIGHT/DARK CONTRAST & SUBTRACTION

  22. Principle 3 COMPLEMENTARY REACTION/EFFECT

  23. Principle 3:COMPLEMENTARY REACTION OR EFFECTOur eye “seeks” the complement of any given color. For example, you’re staring at a red stop sign for a long period of time…your RGB photoreceptors grow tired, namely the R-receptor. Therefore, G-receptor comes to the rescue and “appears” to give the R-receptor a break.

  24. Jessica Stockholder Interview Art:21

  25. Exercises: Work time on 2 RE-Master Paintings *Collect Apocalypstick written responses… DUE NEXT WEEK: -2 RE-MASTER Painting / Collage: Achromatic & Monochromatic

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